Associations to the word «Demoiselle»

Wiktionary

DEMOISELLE, noun. A damselfly of the family Calopterygidae.
DEMOISELLE, noun. A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.
DEMOISELLE, noun. The Numidian crane (Grus virgo); so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements.
DEMOISELLE CRANE, noun. A crane, Anthropoides virgo, found in central Asia, 85-100 centimeters long with a loud trumpeting call.
DEMOISELLE CRANES, noun. Plural of demoiselle crane

Dictionary definition

DEMOISELLE, noun. A young unmarried woman.
DEMOISELLE, noun. Small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats