English Explanatory Dictionary

donzel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A young squire or the attendant to a knight; a page
  2. A boy or an unmarried young man

Word forms

donzel donzels

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.

Related words

dom domine dominie dominus don donzella
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