Mademoiselle' name='description'> Mam'selle - definition and meaning

Definitions

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  • proper noun Shortened form of Mademoiselle

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Examples

  • Mam'selle Mitch McConnell, his fellow Kentucky Senator, put his own reputation on the line in backing Bunning in his 2004 reelection bid -- and this at a time when there was open speculation, based on Bunning's increasing eccentricity and obvious mental rigidity, that he might actually be suffering from senile dementia.

    Kara Vallow: Jim Bunning: Too Mean and Weird for the GOP 2010

  • Held, a genuine tease, sang numbers such as "Come Play wiz Me," in Ziegfeld productions like La Poup é e, The French Maid, and Mam'selle.

    'Encyclopedia of the Exquisite: An Anecdotal History of Elegant Delights' 2010

  • Mam'selle Mitch McConnell, his fellow Kentucky Senator, put his own reputation on the line in backing Bunning in his 2004 reelection bid -- and this at a time when there was open speculation, based on Bunning's increasing eccentricity and obvious mental rigidity, that he might actually be suffering from senile dementia.

    Jim Bunning: Too Mean and Weird for the GOP 2010

  • They do a sort of James Bond sort of wrangling -- the spy trying to get them to admit things, the DeFarges turning bland ears to all of his comments -- until he strikes a nerve, and tells them that Mam'selle Manette is going to marry the nephew of the evil Marquis.

    Archive 2008-09-01 a. fortis 2008

  • They do a sort of James Bond sort of wrangling -- the spy trying to get them to admit things, the DeFarges turning bland ears to all of his comments -- until he strikes a nerve, and tells them that Mam'selle Manette is going to marry the nephew of the evil Marquis.

    The WritingYA Weblog: TBR3: A Tale of Two Cities - Sighing for Versailles tanita davis 2008

  • If there was one thing memorable for me at least and that was Miss Mam'selle Hepzibah.

    Why Didn't the POGO Special Work? Jaime J. Weinman 2008

  • But that night, in the stillness of the room, Mam'selle

    The Awakening 2000

  • Then Ma'ame Pelagie rose with stately deliberation and went to saddle her horse, for she had yet to make her last daily round through the fields; and Mam'selle Pauline threaded her way slowly among the tangled grasses toward the cabin.

    The Awakening 2000

  • A spasm passed through Mam'selle Pauline's delicate frame.

    The Awakening 2000

  • Mam'selle Pauline was terribly excited; the flush that throbbed into her pale, nervous face showed it; and she locked her thin fingers in and out incessantly.

    The Awakening 2000

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