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donzel

The English word “donzel” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A young squire or the attendant to a knight; a page
  2. A boy or an unmarried young man

Etymology

From Old French danzel and Italian donzello, both ultimately from Medieval Latin domicellus (“young nobleman, squire”), a diminutive of Latin dominus (“master, lord”). Compare donzella.

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