girl

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To an army man a girl is a girl, and what they mean by a girl has nothing to do with being a thinking being.

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  1. noun A female child.
  2. noun A daughter: our youngest girl.
  3. noun Often Offensive A woman, especially a young woman.
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woman ·  friend ·  fellow ·  creature ·  soldier ·  thing ·  life ·  kid ·  body ·  other

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  1. Middle English girle, child, girl.

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  1. from Middle English girle, gerle, gurle, a young person, whether a boy or a girl, but most frequently meaning a girl; with diminutive suffix -I, from Low German gör, masculine, a boy, göre, feminine, a girl, = Swiss gurr, also with diminutive -li, gurrli, a girl. Boy is likewise of Low German origin. For the orig. English word for ‘girl,’ see maiden, maid. An ‘etymology’ formerly in favor derived girl from Latin garrulus, chattering, talkative: see garrulous.
 

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