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Date: 1400-1500
Language: French
Origin: Old French ma damoisele 'my (young) lady'

Mademoiselle

 noun
     
Mad‧e‧moi‧selle plural Mesdemoiselles
used to address or refer to a young French-speaking woman who is not married [↪ Madame, Monsieur]:
Mademoiselle Dubois
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