demoiselle Meaning of "demoiselle"

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) a young unmarried woman
  2. (n) small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs

Usage(s):

  1. Buxom Edith Lacombe, prettiest demoiselle around, said she had six radioactive hectares.
  2. But he also did a demoiselle the world has never seena redheaded girl that Duncan found sandwiched between several still lifes of a later period.
  3. Many a shivering demoiselle was grateful for chambres, movable partitions of tapestry which could subdivide a drafty great hall into a cozy nook.

Quotes

  • "They were weapons. To help people stop being ruled by spirits, to free themselves. Tools. If we give a form to these spirits, we become free...... I understood why I became a painter...... 'Demoiselle d'Avignon' must have come to me that day,"...
    on Feb 6, 2006 By: Pablo Picasso Source: iAfrica.com

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