girlfriend
Americannoun
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a female friend with whom a man or boy is romantically or sexually involved; sweetheart
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any female friend
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Willis had earned £220 that year and had to be persuaded by his girlfriend to keep playing professionally.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026
A year later, after a stint as a food-delivery driver, he and his girlfriend started washing cars for $20 apiece, armed with buckets, a hose and soap, before raising their prices and buying more equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
Cusack, the inquest heard, told her girlfriend before her death that she wanted to move to Dubai and be a flight attendant, and had been looking for a new job online.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026
Employed but adrift, he seeks out Franca, a former girlfriend and fellow misfit in their school days.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
The joke was that to my seventh grade English class, I had made my father a myth, like djinns, like Rostam, or like Mike Maguffy’s girlfriend from summer camp that nobody else knows.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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