Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

donzel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
donzel
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A young squire or the attendant to a knight; a page

Obsolete

noun

A boy or an unmarried young man

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

donzels (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

dom domine dominie dominus don donzella

Questions

What does donzel mean?
A young squire or the attendant to a knight; a page
Where does donzel come from?
It is traced to Old French.

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