mademoiselle

noun

Definition of mademoisellenext
1
as in madame

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as in duenna

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Recent Examples of mademoiselle Doja also matches the vibe of a mademoiselle while putting her French to the test and posing for photos in front of the Eiffel Tower. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mademoiselle
  1. maid
  2. governess
  3. maiden
  4. mammy
  5. lass
  6. madam
  7. girl
  8. gal
Noun
  • Adelaide said, with a vehemence that frightened Masha, the maid trying to spoon medicine into her clenched mouth.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
  • This is the kind of show where an opulent tea party is dramatized not just by many different plates of fancy pastries, fancy wreaths and lots of furniture, but by having all that stuff carted in by a dozen or so butlers, maids and other servants.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of maid
Noun
  • Lowen is a literary equivalent of a governess, hired to take charge of a body of writing rather than the Crawfords’ only remaining child, Crew (Brady Wagner), whose twin sister drowned in an accident that kicked off the family’s tragedies.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Zachary Wigon directs, and Maika Monroe stars as Winifred Notty, a governess who tries and fails not to be a complete, well, psycho in this irreverent, gory horror.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of governess
Noun
  • So, about a year into his professional career, Brennan had already earned a PGA Tour membership, and less than a year on from that maiden victory, he's earned two more wins.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • There was a procession to the church of white clad handmaidens (tärnor), star boys (stjärngossar) and gingerbread men (pepparkaksgubbar) with candle wreaths on the maidens’ heads – now battery powered rather than actual flames.
    — Natasha Langan, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of maiden
Noun
  • The board also bears an imprint featuring the British slave ship Brookes with a Black mammy superimposed over it.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026
  • These include typecasting Black women as jezebels, sapphires and mammies; these depictions, combined with the law enforcement they may be exposed to, increase their vulnerability under the law.
    — Kerry Lester Kasper, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Definition of mammy
Noun
  • The plot imperative of future Irina surviving to play a significant role in later seasons of For All Mankind gives us so much runway to imagine wild twists and turns for this crafty lass.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 10 July 2026
  • Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.
    — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026
Definition of lass
Noun
  • Did something happen in her youth that might inform why Cathy, after marrying Adam, goes on to shoot him, leave their newborns, join a brothel, slowly poison the madam, and then take her job?
    — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The origin story helps contextualize the misery and self-isolation of Cathy’s later years, as the madam of a Salinas whorehouse.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of madam
Noun
  • Such laws would require third-party audits of social media algorithms to identify any harmful patterns, such as serving eating-disorder content to young girls more than to other groups.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Two identical 64-year-old twins, both mid-sized, appeared alongside a zany mix of punky, straight and mid-size girls.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of girl
Noun
  • In some individuals, exposure to alpha-gal can lead to a lifelong allergic response.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Just like the guys, the gals danced to a top-charting song from the year they were born.
    — Colleen Kratofil, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of gal

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