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Word entry · 4 letters

girl

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"Daughter, often"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡɜːl/Part of speech nounSorted gilrStarts with GEnds with L7 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Female child or young woman

Word origin

From Middle English gerle, girle, gyrle (“young person (boy or girl)”), perhaps from Old English *gyrele, from Proto-West Germanic *gurilā, from a zero-grade diminutive of *gaurā (“young child”) + *-ilā. Ultimately of unknown origin. Doublet of gal/gyal and gyaru.

Used in a sentence

  • “I saw a little girl feeding, brushing, and talking to a heifer.”
  • “He has a crush on a girl at work. We were kidding with him yesterday about his work crush.”
  • “Hey, girl, I haven't seen you since last week! Where you been?”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer7 curated clues

01“Daughter, often”4 letters
02“Female child”4 letters
03“Young daughter, maybe”4 letters
04“Young daughter, perhaps”4 letters
05“Young female child”4 letters
06“Young female person”4 letters
07“Young female”4 letters

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