girl
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
girl
n 1: a young woman; "a young lady of 18" [syn: {girl}, {miss},
{missy}, {young lady}, {young woman}, {fille}]
2: a youthful female person; "the baby was a girl"; "the girls
were just learning to ride a tricycle" [syn: {female child},
{girl}, {little girl}] [ant: {boy}, {male child}]
3: a female human offspring; "her daughter cared for her in her
old age" [syn: {daughter}, {girl}] [ant: {boy}, {son}]
4: a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically
involved; "his girlfriend kicked him out" [syn: {girlfriend},
{girl}, {lady friend}]
5: a friendly informal reference to a grown woman; "Mrs. Smith
was just one of the girls"
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Girl \Girl\ (g[~e]rl), n. [OE. girle, gerle, gurle, a girl (in
sense 1): cf. LG. g["o]r child.]
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1. A young person of either sex; a child. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. A female child, from birth to the age of puberty; a young
maiden.
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3. A female servant; a maidservant. [U. S.]
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4. (Zool.) A roebuck two years old. [Prov. Eng.]
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
127 Moby Thesaurus words for "girl":
Dulcinea, Eve, Frau, Fraulein, abigail, amah, au pair girl, ayah,
babe, baby, best girl, betrothed, betweenmaid, biddy, bird, broad,
chambermaid, chaperon, chick, colleen, companion, cook, crumpet,
cutie, dame, damoiselle, damsel, daughter of Eve, deb, debutante,
demoiselle, distaff, doll, domina, donna, dowager, dream girl,
duenna, female, femme, femme de chambre, fiancee, fille de chambre,
filly, frail, friend, frow, gal, gamine, gentlewoman, gill,
girl friend, girlie, handmaid, handmaiden, heifer, hired girl,
housemaid, hoyden, inamorata, jeune fille, jill, jo, junior miss,
kitchenmaid, lady, lady friend, lady love, lady-help,
lady-in-waiting, lass, lassie, little missy, live-in maid,
live-out maid, lover, mademoiselle, maid, maiden, maidservant,
matron, milady, miss, missy, mistress, moll, mouse, nursemaid,
nymphet, old lady, parlormaid, piece, quail, quiff, romp,
schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss, scullery maid, servant girl,
servitress, skirt, slip, soubrette, squaw, squeeze, subdeb,
subdebutante, subteen, subteener, sweetheart, tally, teenybopper,
tomato, tomboy, tweeny, twist, upstairs maid, virgin, vrouw,
wahine, waiting maid, weaker vessel, wench, woman, young creature,
young thing
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