Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Damsel \Dam"sel\, n. [OE. damosel, damesel, damisel, damsel, fr.
   OF. damoisele, damisele, gentlewoman, F. demoiselle young
   lady; cf. OF. damoisel young nobleman, F. damoiseau; fr. LL.
   domicella, dominicella, fem., domicellus, dominicellus,
   masc., dim. fr. L. domina, dominus. See {Dame}, and cf.
   {Demoiselle}, {Doncella}.]
   1. A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle
      extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of
      Wales. [Obs.]

   2. A young unmarried woman; a girl; a maiden.

            With her train of damsels she was gone, In shady
            walks the scorching heat to shun.     --Dryden.

            Sometimes a troop of damsels glad, . . . Goes by to
            towered Camelot.                      --Tennyson.

   3. (Milling) An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking
      the hopper.

Source : WordNet®

damsel
     n : a young unmarried woman [syn: {demoiselle}, {damoiselle}, {damosel},
          {damozel}]