Meaning of girl in English

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Noun
girl
Etymology
Middle English (denoting a child or young person of either sex): perhaps related to Low German gör‘child’
Definitions
1. a young woman
Examples
- « a young lady of 18 »
2. a youthful female person
Examples
- « the baby was a girl »
- « the girls were just learning to ride a tricycle »
Antonyms
3. a female human offspring
Examples
- « her daughter cared for her in her old age »
Antonyms
- son
- boy
- son
- boy
4. a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved
Examples
- « his girlfriend kicked him out »
5. a friendly informal reference to a grown woman
Examples
- « Mrs. Smith was just one of the girls »

Famous quotes

« I'm a big potato chip girl. I don't like chocolate and cakes and all that, but I have to have my potato chips. I've got bags in the back of my car right now! But I never beat myself up about it, because, look: You can't give up every damn thing. You need something in your life that you like just because you like it! »
NeNe Leakes
« For everything I do, I think about a 6-year-old girl and her mom that I saw at my concert last night. I think about what those two individuals would think if I were at a club last night. I never want to be arrested, and I never want to get a DUI, those are my moral values. »
Taylor Swift
« I was never a girl who dreamed about what her wedding day would be like, but I've always dreamed about decorating my baby's nursery. »
Rebecca Romijn
« It's just cool for a girl to be able to do her own thing. I do a lot of movies, and I'm very lucky, and I'm not complaining. But in movies, alongside big action men, we've always got to take a step back and let the men shine. »
Maggie Q
« I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself . »
Anne Bronte