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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“The flowers, the dog, my girlfriend singing to the ocean,” Faena said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
But, she says, back in the 1990s, “if you weren’t the hot girlfriend or the young wife, which I just wasn’t, there really was only police officer.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
It sounds, from what you say in your letter, like your husband wants a girlfriend, not a wife.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
Calvin Kern, 23, has been saving in the Lifetime ISA for two years and hopes to buy a two-bedroom property with his girlfriend before he turns 30.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Because how does he have time for a girlfriend when he barely has time for us?
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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