Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A damsel; a young lady: as, a ‘beautiful donzella.’
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Examples
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Un falso video bollivudiano ridicolmente divertente, con Natalie Portman (la donzella da salvare), Devendra Banhart (il salvatore) e (forse) Kat Dennings, la dea Kali.
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Paul Steel e la sua band sono coinvolti in un esperimento chimico il cui scopo non è ben chiaro: catturare il cuore della donzella o impressionarla?
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-- "Una donzella non con uman 'volto (a gentle lady not of human look)."
Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso Maurice Henry Hewlett
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Whiz! down comes the Carnival shower: '_Bella, donzella_, this bouquet for thee!'
The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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The experience of the donzella (which constitutes what there is of the story), a nobler, and, we think, a _truer_, type of womanhood than Viva, yet with a like over-estimate of the advantages of wealth and position, brings her to the conviction that Pascarel is right.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 Various
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His wife's name was Lucrezia, “his equal and an honest damsel” (donzella onesta e sua para), according to the biographer Baini, who adds:
The Love Affairs of Great Musicians Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956 1903
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"Una donzella non con uman volto," as Politian confessed; for I know your heart, Madonna, and see on the sharp edge of your threatened life, Ardour look back to maiden Reclusion, and on (with a pang of foreboding) to mockery and evil judgment.
Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett Maurice Hewlett 1892
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Would it not be wiser, when you choose a queen, to select some older donzella for your bride?
Historic girls; stories of girls who have influenced the history of their times, 1891
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He was weeping and in great trouble -- he said the little donzella had the fever in her throat -- it is the diphtheria he means, I think.
Vendetta: a story of one forgotten Marie Corelli 1889
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Would it not be wiser, when you choose a queen, to select some older donzella for your bride?
Historic Girls Elbridge Streeter Brooks 1874
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