单词 | donzel |
释义 | donzeln. archaic. A young gentleman not yet knighted, a squire, a page. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > knight > squire > [noun] squirec1290 damoiseau1477 esquire1477 donzel1592 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. C The high and mighty Prince of Darknesse, Donsell dell Lucifer. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iv. vi. sig. K3 Donzell, me thinkes you looke melancholike. View more context for this quotation 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 172 Much may be done, my noble Donzel. a1680 S. Butler Squire of Dames in Char. He is Esquire to a Knight-Errant, donzel to the damsels. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. i. ii. 29 Cling to me, gentle donzell, and fear not. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1592 |
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