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noun
A young squire or the attendant to a knight; a page
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A boy or an unmarried young man
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Old French danzel and Italian donzello, both ultimately from Medieval Latin domicellus (“young nobleman, squire”), a diminutive of Latin dominus (“master, lord”). Compare donzella.
