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girl  (gûrl)
n.
1. A female child.
2. A daughter: our youngest girl.
3. Often Offensive A woman, especially a young woman.
4. Informal
a. A woman socializing in a group of women: a night out with the girls.
b. Used as a familiar form of address to express support of or camaraderie with a woman.
5. Informal A female sweetheart: cadets escorting their girls to the ball.
6. Offensive A female servant or employee.

[Middle English girle, child, girl.]

girlhood n.

girlhood [ˈgɜːlˌhʊd]
n
the state or time of being a girl

Girlery, Girlhood girls collectively, 1805.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.girlhoodgirlhood - the childhood of a girl              
childhood - the time of person's life when they are a child
Translations
girlhood [ˈgɜːlhʊd] Njuventud f, mocedad f
girlhood [ˈgɜːrlhʊd]
n
(= childhood) → enfance f
(= teenage years) → jeunesse f, adolescence f
modif
(= child's) [experience, dream] → d'enfance
(= teenager's) [experience, dream] → de jeunesse
girlie magazine girly magazine [ˌgɜːrliˈmægəziːn] nmagazine m porno >
girl power ngirl power m
girlhood [ˈgɜːlˌhud] ngiovinezza
girlhood [ˈgɜːlˌhud] ngiovinezza


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Pontellier talked about her father's Mississippi plantation and her girlhood home in the old Kentucky bluegrass country.
She wondered as she regarded some of the grizzled women in the room, mere mechanical contrivances sewing seams and grinding out, with heads bended over their work, tales of imagined or real girlhood happiness, past drunks, the baby at home, and unpaid wages.
Eliza had been brought up by her mistress, from girlhood, as a petted and indulged favorite.
 
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