GIRL
\ɡˈɜːl], \ɡˈɜːl], \ɡ_ˈɜː_l]\
Definitions of GIRL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A young person of either sex; a child.
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A female child, from birth to the age of puberty; a young maiden.
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A female servant; a maidservant.
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A roebuck two years old.
By Oddity Software
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A young person of either sex; a child.
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A female child, from birth to the age of puberty; a young maiden.
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A female servant; a maidservant.
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A roebuck two years old.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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This seems, formerly, to have been an appellation common to both sexes. Many etymologists deduce the word from the Su. Goth. Karl, 'a man. It means a young female, (L.) Filia, 'to love.' (F.) Fille.
By Robley Dunglison