What does girl mean?

Definitions for girl
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word girl.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fillenoun

    a young woman

    "a young lady of 18"

  2. female child, girl, little girlnoun

    a youthful female person

    "the baby was a girl"; "the girls were just learning to ride a tricycle"

  3. daughter, girlnoun

    a female human offspring

    "her daughter cared for her in her old age"

  4. girlfriend, girl, lady friendnoun

    a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved

    "his girlfriend kicked him out"

  5. girlnoun

    a friendly informal reference to a grown woman

    "Mrs. Smith was just one of the girls"

Wiktionary

  1. girlnoun

    A young female (in contrast to boy), usually a child or adolescent.

    Amanda is a girl of 16.

  2. girlnoun

    Any woman, regardless of her age. See usage notes.

  3. girlnoun

    A female servant; a maid. See usage notes.

  4. girlnoun

    A boy with girl-like qualities, especially squeamishness.

    Stop being such a girl and punch back.

  5. girlnoun

    A queen (the playing card.)

  6. girlnoun

    A term of endearment. See usage notes.

  7. girlnoun

    a girlfriend.

    I'm going to meet my girl over there.

  8. girlnoun

    a daughter.

    Your girl turned up on our doorstep.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. GIRLnoun

    A young woman, or female child.

    Etymology: About the etymology of this word there is much question: Meric Casaubon, as is his custom, derives it from ϰόρη, of the same signification; John Minsheu from garrula, Latin, a prattler, or girella, Italian, a weathercock; Franciscus Junius thinks that it comes from herlodes, Welsh, from which, says he, harlot is very easily deduced. Stephen Skinner imagines that the Saxons, who used ceorl for a man, might likewise have ceorla for a woman, though no such word is now found. Dr. Hickes derives it most probably from the Islandick karlinna, a woman.

    In those unfledg’d days was my wife a girl. William Shakespeare.

    And let it not displease thee, good Bianca;
    For I will love thee ne’er the less, my girl. William Shakespeare.

    A weather-beaten lover, but once known,
    Is sport for every girl to practise on. John Donne.

    Tragedy should blush as much to stoop
    To the low mimick follies of a farce,
    As a grave matron would to dance with girls. Wentworth Dillon.

    A boy, like thee, would make a kingly line;
    But oh, a girl, like her, must be divine! Dryden.

Wikipedia

  1. Girl

    A girl is a young female human, usually a child or an adolescent. When a girl becomes an adult, she is accurately described as a woman. However, the term girl is also used for other meanings, including young woman, and is sometimes used as a synonym for daughter, or girlfriend. In certain contexts, the usage of girl for a woman may be derogatory. Girl may also be a term of endearment used by an adult, usually a woman, to designate adult female friends. Girl also appears in portmanteaus (compound words) like showgirl, cowgirl, and schoolgirl. The treatment and status of girls in any society is usually closely related to the status of women in that culture. In cultures where women have a low societal position, girls may be unwanted by their parents, and the state may invest less in services for girls. Girls' upbringing ranges from being relatively the same as that of boys to complete sex segregation and completely different gender roles.

ChatGPT

  1. girl

    A girl is a term used to refer to a young female human, typically a child or adolescent, particularly before reaching adulthood or becoming a woman.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Girlnoun

    a young person of either sex; a child

  2. Girlnoun

    a female child, from birth to the age of puberty; a young maiden

  3. Girlnoun

    a female servant; a maidservant

  4. Girlnoun

    a roebuck two years old

  5. Etymology: [OE. girle, gerle, gurle, a girl (in sense 1): cf. LG. gr child.]

Wikidata

  1. Girl

    A girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood when she becomes a woman. The term may also be used to mean a young woman. The word is also often used as a synonym for daughter.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Girl

    gėrl, n. a female child: a young unmarried woman: a maid-servant.—n. Girl′hood, the state or time of being a girl.—adj. Girl′ish, of or like a girl.—adv. Girl′ishlyn. Girl′ishness. [Prob. from Old Low Ger. gör, a child, with dim. suffix -l.]

Editors Contribution

  1. girl

    A female human being with a vagina.

    A girl has distinct bodily functions to a boy.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 5, 2020  


  2. girl

    A human being that produces ovum.

    A girl has distinct bodily functions different to a boy.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 5, 2020  

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  2. GIRL

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. GIRL

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Girl is ranked #159712 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Girl surname appeared 101 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Girl.

    45.5% or 46 total occurrences were White.
    36.6% or 37 total occurrences were Asian.
    10.8% or 11 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    4.9% or 5 total occurrences were Black.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'girl' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #643

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'girl' in Written Corpus Frequency: #553

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'girl' in Nouns Frequency: #115

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of girl in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of girl in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of girl in a Sentence

  1. Boxer Amir Khan:

    We are very lucky in England. We have good security and I will be able to send my little girl to school and know she will be fine but in Pakistan you cannot do that, they send the kids outside the house and do not know if they are going to come back.

  2. Fermin Bracero:

    I was sweeping the sidewalk. I saw the lady passing with three kids. All of a sudden, this guy runs across the street, and wraps the little girl in a blanket, he tried to cut out, but a whole bunch of us got involved, so he dropped the little girl.

  3. Judge James Brown:

    To me, that’s unprecedented insanity, here we have a situation where we have two little girls having a dispute. One is given a knife by her mother and basically encouraged to kill another little girl.

  4. Girl Scouts:

    When cookies are purchased through a third-party seller, Girl Scout troops are deprived of proceeds that fund critical programming throughout the year.

  5. Irina Bokova:

    Educating a girl educates a nation. It unleashes a ripple effect that changes the world unmistakably for the better, success in this endeavor is simply not possible without educated, empowered girls, young women and mothers.

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