damsel:

(old usage & found mostly in fairy tales; plural: ‘damsels‘)

a damsel

a girl;

a maiden;

a young unmarried woman of noble birth,

a damsel in distress

e.g.

The prince fought with the cruel man and saved the damsel from the cave.

‘Dame’ is a married woman and ‘damsel’ is a young unmarried woman.

Young men naturally rush to help some cute-looking damsel in need of some help but try not to mind an old woman or man who needs the same kind of help!

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