Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Needless to say, I hike up my damsel dress and run out of there as fast as I can,” the 'Rebel Rising' author said of the medieval ...

A medieval word with a highly specific (but often misused) meaning, “damsel” describes a young, unmarried lady-in-waiting. It’s also the broad title given many a helpless heroine in Hollywood movies — ...