mademoiselle

IPA: mædʌmʌzˈɛɫ

Courtesy title for an unmarried woman in France or a French-speaking country.
(humorous or affected) A young woman or girl, especially one who is French or French-speaking.
Alternative letter-case form of mademoiselle. [Courtesy title for an unmarried woman in France or a French-speaking country.]

Examples of "mademoiselle" in Sentences

Marie-Noelle Bas, president of the feminist group Watchdog, says the word "mademoiselle" is no longer relevant.
Critics of the word say the title mademoiselle is intrusive because it invited speculation about whether a woman is married.
A new website lets users sign a petition and offers form letters that can be sent to companies and lawmakers to demand that the title mademoiselle be discarded.
Buoyed by this new awareness, they are now taking on what they see as one of the most entrenched, if not discreet, barriers to gender equality in France: the word "mademoiselle."
In France, feminists are trying to do away with the word mademoiselle, which they see as separating women into two categories - married and unmarried - in a manner men aren't subjected to.