|madəmə|zel also |madəmwə|z- or |ma(a)dmwə|z- or |ma(a)d(ˌ)mwä|z- or |ma(a)d(ˌ)mwȧ|z- or |ma(a)dmə|z- or (ˈ)ma(a)m|z- or |ma(a)mwə|z- or |madəm|z- noun
( plural mademoiselles -lz ; or mes·de·moi·selles |mādəmə|zel, -dəmwə|-, -dmwə|-, -d(ˌ)mwä|-, -d(ˌ)mwȧ|-, -dmə|-)
Etymology: French, from Old French ma damoisele, literally, my (young) lady
1.
a. : an unmarried French woman
attractive mademoiselles in national costume … serve twenty-nine varieties of wine — Scots Magazine
b. : a French governess or nurse
was spending the summer in a chalet … with her four children, her sister, a mademoiselle , and a cook — Maddy Vegtel
2. : a female member of the French royal family:
a. : the eldest daughter of the king's eldest brother
b. : the eldest daughter of the king
c. : the highest-ranking unmarried princess of the blood royal
3. : miss — often used as a title prefixed to the name of an unmarried woman who is not of English-speaking nationality
4. : any of several silvery marine fishes with a strong second anal spine that form a genus ( Bairdiella ) of the family Sciaenidae ; especially : a fish ( B. chrysura ) of the southern United States