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A girl is a female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood when she becomes a woman. The term ''girl'' may also be used to mean a ''young woman'',〔dictionary.com, ''(girl )'', retrieved 2 January 2008〕 and is often used as a synonym for ''daughter''.
==Etymology==
The English word ''girl'' first appeared during the Middle Ages between 1250 and 1300 CE and came from the Anglo-Saxon words ''gerle'' (also spelled ''girle'' or ''gurle'').〔''Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary'' (1913), ''(girl )'', retrieved 2 January 2008〕 The Anglo-Saxon word ''gerela'' meaning ''dress'' or ''clothing item'' also seems to have been used as a metonym in some sense.〔
''Girl'' has meant ''any young unmarried woman'' since about 1530. Its first noted meaning for ''sweetheart'' is 1648. The earliest known appearance of ''girl-friend'' is in 1892 and ''girl next door'', meant as a teenaged female or young woman with a kind of wholesome appeal, dates only to 1961.〔Online Etymology Dictionary, ''(girl )'', retrieved 2 January 2008〕
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