n.
   - a female child.
 - a young or relatively young woman. 
▸
(girls)
 informal women who mix socially or belong to a group.
 ▸a person's girlfriend.
 - dated a female servant.
 
 
  Derivative
  
    - girlhood n.
  - girlish adj.
  - girlishly adv.
  - girlishness n.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME (denoting a child or young person of either sex): perh. rel. to Low Ger. gör ‘child’.