mademoiselles

noun

variants or mesdemoiselles
plural of mademoiselle
1
as in belles

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2
as in frauleins

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mademoiselles
  1. gals
  2. mammies
  3. maidens
  4. girls
  5. damsels
  6. lasses
  7. beauties
  8. maids
Noun
  • Just like the guys, the gals danced to a top-charting song from the year they were born.
    — Colleen Kratofil, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The two Targaryen gals presented Sally Field with the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Remarkably Bright Creatures.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of gals
Noun
  • These include typecasting Black women as jezebels, sapphires and mammies; these depictions, combined with the law enforcement they may be exposed to, increase their vulnerability under the law.
    — Kerry Lester Kasper, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Definition of mammies
Noun
  • There was a procession to the church of white clad handmaidens (tärnor), star boys (stjärngossar) and gingerbread men (pepparkaksgubbar) with candle wreaths on the maidens’ heads – now battery powered rather than actual flames.
    — Natasha Langan, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Ritual gifts include incense, flowers, perfume, cosmetics and soap, which Hor said are believed to bring beauty and charm after being blessed by the cowherd and seven maidens.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of maidens
Noun
  • The subtitle of the play includes the words mean girls, which of course references the American pop culture behemoth.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Not long after both girls had been discharged, a mutual acquaintance connected their two families, who gathered in Marris’ backyard.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of girls
Noun
  • Dark Towers, crooked wizard towers, towers with damsels in distress.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Definition of damsels
Noun
  • Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.
    — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Hear ye, hear ye, good lords and lasses!
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
Definition of lasses
Noun
  • These regions are already incredibly cinematic, but finding undiscovered beauties to shoot in this land was a true moment of pride and triumph.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Still, every spare inch is crammed with more than 32 different kinds of orchids imported from around the world, including such beauties as the flame-like Epidendrum radicans and the rare Dimorphorchis lowii.
    — Leigh-Ann Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of beauties
Noun
  • This is the kind of show where an opulent tea party is dramatized not just by many different plates of fancy pastries, fancy wreaths and lots of furniture, but by having all that stuff carted in by a dozen or so butlers, maids and other servants.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Jackson was particularly vocal in her criticism of the show’s shallow scripts, which featured plotlines about them going undercover as French maids, showgirls, lifeguards and, perhaps most infamously, prison inmates.
    — Michael Callahan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of maids
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“Mademoiselles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mademoiselles. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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