donzel

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Italian donzello.[1] Compare donzella.

Noun[edit]

donzel (plural donzels)

  1. (obsolete) A young squire or the attendant to a knight; a page
  2. A boy or an unmarried young man

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References[edit]

  1. ^ donzel”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.