girlfriend
noun
a frequent or favorite female companion; sweetheart.
girlfriends
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pluralof girlfriend.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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You can do things separately — whether he’s spending time with his kids or you’re going away with your girlfriends.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
“I want to be able to worry about the normal everyday things that everyone worries about: university, work, girlfriends, gossip.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
As Loretta Savery’s longtime jeweler, Nelson Holdo remembered the little details: birthdays and anniversaries, where her sons went to college, their majors and if they had girlfriends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
However, his campaign was dogged by scandal, most notably including the revelation that he had a Totenkopf tattoo and allegations of “unsettling” behavior from past girlfriends.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
We were dancing in her basement with a bunch of our girlfriends and somehow the CD got ruined.
From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
