What is masculine of dame?

Answer 1

Damsel is an obsolete or literary word for a young girl or woman, unmarried, usually in the juvenile or teenaged bracket. There was a poem by Christina Rosetti called (The Blessed Damsel) I wonder who it was about. By definition it could not be St. Mary as she is the Blessed Mother, and a damsel could not be married. My Guess it was Joan of Arc but I am not sure. A damsel is a young girl, Mademoiselle is a related, still current term for (miss) in French.

Answer 2

There are several different meanings for the word "dame".

In the UK and other countries with knighthoods, it is a title of knighthood, and thus a "Dame Joan Smith" is the equivalent of calling a man "Sir John Smith". In this context, the male equivalent of a dame is a knight.

"dame" can also be a slang term in American English referring to a woman, in which case its equivalent is any slang term referring to a man.

In French dame is the standard term meaning "lady", as seen for example in madame - literally meaning "my lady". The equivalent male form of address to madame is monsieur.

The French male equivalent to dame (ie. the French word for "gentleman") is homme.

Answer 3

While there is no absolutely precise equivalence, I would suggest the word lad.

Damsel is an old English word for a girl, so "boy" or any synonym of it would be correct.