girl
A female child.
Other meanings
One's daughter.
A female friend.
Synonyms
- young woman
Word history
From Middle English "gerle".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “girl” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.