as in girl
a young unmarried woman
knights are celebrated in fairy tales for rescuing damsels in distress
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For the female dancers, there are swans and sugar plums and celebrated damsels under duress, like Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty.
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Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2025
His wife becomes the damsel to rescue, and the once spiky Helly, who surprised Mark’s innie with a kiss last season, falls into place as her wistful romantic rival.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
Photo: Courtesy of Everett Collection Look to this film for another Christmastime tale of a shoplifting damsel in distress—this time, a single mother and war widow played by Janet Leigh.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2024
This rhetoric of the male as a protector portrays women as helpless damsels incapable of defending themselves.
—Ivelisse Rodriguez, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
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Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2025
His wife becomes the damsel to rescue, and the once spiky Helly, who surprised Mark’s innie with a kiss last season, falls into place as her wistful romantic rival.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
Photo: Courtesy of Everett Collection Look to this film for another Christmastime tale of a shoplifting damsel in distress—this time, a single mother and war widow played by Janet Leigh.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2024
This rhetoric of the male as a protector portrays women as helpless damsels incapable of defending themselves.
—Ivelisse Rodriguez, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Damsel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/damsel. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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