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girldom en · NOUN

Etymology

From girl + -dom.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being a girl; girlhood.
    • […] I embodied the sugar-and-spice nursery-rhyme image of girldom. I had the long golden Heidi braids, a toy chest overflowing with Mattel paraphernalia […] 2000, Noelle Howey, Ellen Jean Samuels, Out of the Ordinary:
  2. (uncountable) The world or sphere of girls.
    • If I were about to marry, I should try it; that is, if I were a student of girldom with a view to wedlock for in truth, I am a marrying man. 1871, Thomas Meehan, editor, Gardener's monthly and horticulturist: