What does "girl" mean?
Girl: A female child, from birth to the age of puberty; a young maiden.
Additional senses
- 2.A female servant; a maidservant. [U. S.]
- 3.(Zoöl.) A roebuck two years old. [Prov. Eng.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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