donzel
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun A young attendant; a page; a youth of good quality not yet knighted.
Examples
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I have translated _squire_, because the donzel was a youth of gentle birth awaiting knighthood.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III
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But I, donzel, wear the spurs of knighthood, and to succour the distressed is a duty my oath will not let me swerve from.
Note
The word 'donzel' comes ultimately from a Latin word meaning 'little master'.
