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girl friend en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A female friend.
    • Remember that the way you may not be liked by your girl friend, you might think the girl who is close to your girlfriend. 2015, Strange Facts About Ways to Propose, Lulu Press Inc:
    • He is not deeply worried about dope, because he trusts Sharon, knows she is sensible; that she tried cigarettes with her girl friends because at thirteen she wouldn't think of death […] 1980, Andre Dubus, Finding a Girl in America, page 157:
    • VELMA: My best girl friend is a Mexican girl. Every time I go up on the second floor where the Negroes hang out and I'm with this girl, they're always saying things like, "Hey girl, you're out of your place with her." Well, I don't listen to them at all. 1971, Frank A. Petroni, Ernest A. Hirsch, Two, four, six, eight, when you gonna integrate?, page 192:
    • Then, the lady explained that her husband often talked to his girl friend about her. 2013, Beatrice Labissiere, The Evil Land: Nehemiah:
  2. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of girlfriend.
    alt of girlfriend
    • You may talk about different things with your girl friend than you do with your guy friends. 2012, The Rosen Publishing Group, Guys: Being Best Friends:

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