jill
noun
a girl or young woman.
jill
1 American
[jil]
/ dʒɪl /
noun
(sometimes initial capital letter)
-
a girl or young woman.
-
a sweetheart.
Jill
2
American
[jil]
/ dʒɪl /
noun
jill
British
/ dʒɪl /
noun
Etymology
Origin of jill
Generic use of Jill
Example Sentences
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The Los Angeles artist was part of a group show of Black female sculptors titled “Signifying Form” at the Landing gallery in L.A.'s West Adams district, organized by independent curator jill moniz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
Independent curator jill moniz — she spells her name in all lowercase letters — looks to a hitherto unexamined strain of metalwork as integral to black L.A. artists’ work, mostly since the 1960s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2019
Inspired by Saar’s adept use of materials, curator jill moniz brings together work by female sculptors in a separate gallery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2018
A jill of all trades whose life and loves mirror their century?
From The Guardian ● Apr. 7, 2013
Put it into a stew-pan with three ounces of butter divided into bits and rolled in flour, a jill of cream, and a jill of veal gravy.
From Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches by Eliza Leslie
I recently sat down with Jill Pavlovich, senior vice president of digital shopping experiences at Albertsons about how she’s seeing the shift play out internally.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
As Jill Lepore recently noted in Wired, it’s as if tech leaders read George Orwell’s “1984,” Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” and other sci-fi classics “as instruction manuals” rather than “cautionary tales.”
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Elizabeth Stanley, a Tony nominee for “Jagged Little Pill,” brings a wary sense of frustration to her role as Paul’s wife, Jill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
In 2021, Jill Biden became the first first lady to continue her professional career outside the White House, working as a teacher at Northern Virginia Community College.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
They could come watch me and Jill Biden paint a wall, for example, at a nondescript row house in the Northwest part of Washington.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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