R ˈgərl, chiefly before pause or consonant ˈgər.əl; - R ˈgə̄l or ˈgəil; Brit sometimes ˈgeəl or ˈgaəl or ˈgiəl noun
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English girle, gerle, gurle young person of either sex
1.
a. : a female child
announced the birth of a girl
a study of the performance of primary-school boys and girls
b. : a young unmarried woman : maiden
a girl of striking beauty
c. : a single or married woman of any age
gossipy old girls of about seventy — J.B.Clayton
2.
a.
(1) : a female servant : maid
the girl brought in and cleared away the dishes — Flora Thompson
(2) : a female employee (as a secretary)
I'll get my girl to have a look through the card index — Nevil Shute
b. : prostitute
c. : sweetheart
took his girl to the movies
d. : daughter
entered his girl at a fashionable school