MADEMOISELLE • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Mademoiselle

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/mˌædəməzˈɛl/ Listen

noun

Mademoiselle n. (pl. mesdemoiselles)

A French title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried lady, equivalent to the English Miss.

(Zool.) A marine food fish (Sciaena chrysura), of the Southern United States; called also yellowtail, and silver perch.

See images of 'Mademoiselle'

Etymology of 'Mademoiselle'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar

"Mademoiselle" Quotes from Famous Books

... Jeanne Becu—or "Mademoiselle Vaubarnier," as she now called herself—transported by a bound to the Palace of Versailles and to the first place in the favour of the King, having first gone through the farce of a wedding ceremony with du Barry's brother, Guillaume, a husband whom she first saw on the marriage morning, and on ...

— Love affairs of the Courts of Europe • Thornton Hall

... who came in to the Duchesse de Guiche's box, was enthusiastic in his praises of Mademoiselle Taglioni, and said hers was the most poetical style of dancing he had ever seen. Another observed, that it was indeed the poetry of motion. I would describe it as being the ...

— The Idler in France • Marguerite Gardiner

... that is, whirling round, according to a fashion practised by young ladies both in France and England, and pirouetting until the petticoat is inflated like a balloon, and then sinking into a courtesy. Mademoiselle was very solemnly rising from one of these courtesies, in the centre of her collapsing petticoats, when a slight noise alarmed her. Jealous of intruding eyes, yet not dreading more than a servant at worst, ...

— Autobiographic Sketches • Thomas de Quincey

... "the contents of your letter have been communicated to me; and permit me to say that you and Mademoiselle Onslow have the heartiest sympathy and commiseration of myself and my passengers in your most unpleasant situation. But, monsieur, I fear I cannot possibly help you in the way that would doubtless be most acceptable to you—namely, by receiving you on board my ship. The scoundrels who hold you ...

— The Castaways • Harry Collingwood

... had them fastened to the mantle by some one who knew how to do it, and who was master of the art. When the mantle needed no more touches, the gay and gentle lady clasped the maid with the white gown and said to her cheerily: "Mademoiselle, you must change this frock for this tunic which is worth more than a hundred marks of silver. So much I wish to bestow upon you. And put on this mantle, too. Another time I will give you more." Not able ...

— Four Arthurian Romances - "Erec et Enide", "Cliges", "Yvain", and "Lancelot" • Chretien de Troyes

More quotes...