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
Etymology
Origin of girlfriend
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Example Sentences
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The only other colleague was a WCBS-TV reporter and his girlfriend.
From Los Angeles Times
He says lower interest rates helped him and his girlfriend buy their first house.
From BBC
The royal editor of the Daily Mail has denied she asked a freelance journalist in South Africa to get "sensitive" flight details for the Duke of Sussex's trips abroad with girlfriends.
From BBC
He memorized symbols and repetitions when texting girlfriends, a trick he compares to a person who can’t speak Spanish singing along to “La Bamba.”
Thomas P was accused of failing to turn back or call for help in time after he left his girlfriend and reached the summit of the mountain.
From BBC
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