GIRL, noun gerl. [Low Latin gerula, a young woman employed in tending children and carrying them about, from gero, to carry; a word probably received from the Romans while in England.] 1. A female child, or young woman. In familiar language, any young unmarried woman. 2. Among sportsmen, a roebuck of two years old.
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