dowsabel

/ˈdaʊzəbɛl/
noun
  1. A sweetheart or beloved woman, especially in old-fashioned or poetic use.
    • In the old ballad, the shepherd sang of his dowsabel waiting by the stream.
    • The knight wrote a poem to his dowsabel, praising her beauty.
    • He called her his dowsabel, a term of endearment from centuries past.
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