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girlfriend

or girl friend

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noun

  1. a frequent or favorite female companion; sweetheart.
  2. a female friend.


girlfriend

/ ˈɡɜːˌڰɛԻ /

noun

  1. a female friend with whom a man or boy is romantically or sexually involved; sweetheart
  2. any female friend
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of girlfriend1

First recorded in 1855–60; girl + friend
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The Argentine was found guilty in 2021 of numerous charges that included assault, theft and illegal intimidation against former girlfriends.

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Gaitok will show his girlfriend, Mook, that his compassion and preference for care over violence will not stand in his way in apprehending the robbers.

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Paredes’ girlfriend, who was not named, entered a Safeway grocery store in San José while he was across the street cashing a check.

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“Here I come, last chance to run. Killer with a gun, out to have some fun,” McGhee wrote in a notebook of rap lyrics discovered in his girlfriend’s home.

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Charles Sherrard KC, defending, said: "He is a social misfit, someone who had hardly any friends at school, never had a girlfriend and seemed to be somebody who was avoided rather than somebody's mate."

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