girl

noun (C)

1 CHILD a female child: Don't do that, you naughty girl! | little girl spoken: I used to go there on vacation when I was a little girl.

2 DAUGHTER a daughter: They have two girls and a boy.

3 WOMAN a word meaning a woman, which is sometimes considered offensive by women: the office girls

4 girls (plural) used by a woman to address a group of other women that she knows well: Come on girls!

5 the girls informal a woman's female friends: a night out with the girls

6 old girl

a) informal an old woman: Surely the old girl's dead by now?

b) old-fashioned used to address a woman you know well: Listen, old girl, I think you need some rest.

—see also: old girl

7 factory girl/shop girl/office girl old-fashioned a young woman who works in a factory, shop, office etc

8 my girl old-fashioned used by an older person to address a girl or woman who is younger than they are, or when they are annoyed: Just remember who you're talking to, my girl!

9 old-fashioned a woman who you are having a romantic relationship with

10 SERVANT old-fashioned a woman servant