damsel

n. lass, maiden

The subject of the damsel in distress or persecuted maiden is a classic theme in world literature, art and film. She is usually a young, nubile woman placed in a dire predicament by a villain or a monster and who requires a hero to dash to her rescue. She has become a stock character of fiction, particularly of melodrama.
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Noun
1. a young unmarried woman
(synonym) demoiselle, damoiselle, damosel, damozel
(hypernym) maid, maiden

(n.)
An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hopper.
  

(n.)
A young unmarried woman; a girl; a maiden.
  

(n.)
A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales.
  

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