Mademoiselle


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Mademoiselle /ˌmad(ə)mwəˈzɛl/
noun (pl. Mesdemoiselles)
  • 1 a title or form of address for an unmarried French-speaking woman.
  • 2 (mademoiselle) a young Frenchwoman.

    ■ a female French teacher in an English-speaking school.

– origin Fr., from ma ‘my’ + demoiselle ‘damsel’.
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