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.
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's 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 Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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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
