Girl (?), n. [OE. girle, gerle, gurle, a girl (in sense 1): cf. LG. gor child.]
1.
A young person of either sex; a child.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
2.
A female child, from birth to the age of puberty; a young maiden.
3.
A female servant; a maidservant.
[U. S.]
4. Zool.
A roebuck two years old.
[Prov. Eng.]
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