n.
- a female child.
- a young or relatively young woman.
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(girls)
informal women who mix socially or belong to a group.
▸a person's girlfriend.
- dated a female servant.
Derivative
- girlhood n.
- girlish adj.
- girlishly adv.
- girlishness n.
Etymology
ME (denoting a child or young person of either sex): perh. rel. to Low Ger. gör ‘child’.
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