With no implication of familial relationship: a girl, a maiden, a young woman. Obsolete.

A girl; a young (unmarried) woman; = maid, n.1 2a. Also: †a female infant (obsolete). Now chiefly literary, archaic, and regional.

A woman who is young; an adolescent or young adult female.

A maiden; a virgin; a young woman.

A noblewoman, a lady; the female counterpart of berne (berne, n.). In later use chiefly: a young lady, a maiden. Frequently as a form of address…

A girl; a young (unmarried) woman; = maiden, n. 1a. (Not always distinguishable from senses 1a and 3.) Now archaic and regional.

A girl, maid, young woman; a female child. Now dialect.

A girl, woman; also in a bad sense, a concubine, a whore.

A young woman, a maid or maiden, of an age and character affording presumption of chastity.

A young or relatively young woman. In early use frequently in gay girl. Cf. also little girl, n. 2.

A young unmarried woman (without any connotation of rank or respect—sometimes even slightingly); a maid, maiden, girl, country lass.

A young woman, a girl; (formerly) esp. one of high social status.

(A generic name for) a woman or girl, esp. one considered ordinary or of low social status; a lass. Formerly also: †a flirtatious or sexually…

A young woman, a girl.

A young man or woman; spec. a person who is no longer considered a child, but has not reached the age of majority.

A young lady, a damsel.

Scottish. Frequently in form quine. A young woman, a girl, a lass; esp. one with a youthful bloom or a healthy appearance. Also: a daughter.

A girl. Obsolete.

figurative. A young or inexperienced person (in early use spec. a young woman). Cf. chicken, n. 5.

Formerly: a typical name for a woman of lower social status, as in Tib and Tom (cf. Jack and Jill, n. 1). Also: a girl or lass, a sweetheart, a…

A girl or young woman; a wench; sometimes (= kittie unsel) a woman of loose character. (Cf. kittock, n.) Scottish. Obsolete.

A young girl (of the vagrant class); a wench.

A woman; esp. a young woman; a flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman. Also: a prostitute. Cf. jill, n. 1b.

Chiefly poetic. A beautiful young woman; a maiden, a damsel.

A wench.

? A maiden.

A young lady, girl.

A sweetheart, a darling. Frequently as a term of endearment esp. for a woman.

A girl or young woman, spec. one who is disreputable or promiscuous; (in later use more generally) a woman of any age. Now slang (usually depreciative…

As a term of contempt: a young woman; (more generally) a fool.

Probably: a young woman; (spec.) a sweetheart.

A wench.

transferred and figurative. Applied analogously or fancifully to other young ladies. Obsolete.

A girl, wench.

A sister. Also (U.S.) as a form of address to an unrelated woman. Cf. kitty, n.1

A wench. Obsolete. rare.

A small or diminutive lady. Sometimes used as a term of endearment. Cf. ladyling, n.

(See quots.)

colloquial (originally and chiefly Scottish and English regional). Originally: a girl, a young woman. Later: an untidily dressed woman. Now rare.

In Italian contexts: a young woman, spec. one who is unmarried or a virgin.

Used familiarly or playfully of any young woman, especially in collocation with artful, cunning, sly, pert, saucy, silly, etc. (Cf. wench, n., minx…

Applied to a girl or a woman. A young unmarried woman; a girl, esp. a schoolgirl, or one who has recently left school. Frequently used contemptuously…

colloquial. A lover; (also) a spouse. As a term of endearment: darling, sweetheart. Cf. babe, n. 4b.

A young woman; a maiden.

Originally: a young, unmarried lady; a maid, a damsel (now historical). Later more generally: a young woman; a girl. Cf. mademoiselle, n. 2a.

A young girl or woman; a daughter; = quean, n. 2.

(See quot. 1913.)

In Spain and Spanish-speaking countries: a girl, a young woman; a female servant.

Scottish. A contemptuous term for a girl or young woman: = jillet, n. 2.

A girl; a young woman.

In Italy: a young woman, a girl. Cf. ragazzo, n.

A wench.

slang. A woman, a girl. Caribbean in later use.

A girl, a young woman (esp. a white Afrikaans-speaker). Also as a form of address. Cf. meid, n.

A girl or young woman; a girl-friend. (Playfully affectionate and predominantly in male use.)

A girl of sixteen.

Originally in Spanish-speaking contexts: a girl or young woman. Also: spec. a girl or young woman of Latin American origin or descent. Frequently as…

A woman; a wife; spec. (chiefly North American, esp. in the entertainment industry and in journalistic use) a young woman, a girl. Cf. sense B. 1 and…

Canadian slang. A young woman, esp. one who regularly partners a particular man, by arrangement, during a social season. Now historical.

A girl, a young woman.

U.S. slang. Originally among students: a girl, a young woman. Cf. chick, n.1 3.

figurative. Applied to a young girl, with implication of playfulness or skittishness. In extended use: a girl-friend; a young woman; often as a…

figurative. A girl who is just ‘coming out’; a débutante. Also more fully bud of promise. Chiefly U.S. colloquial.

A young lady, ‘miss’. Often applied in England to German governesses.

A young woman approaching the age at which she may formally be presented to society at a ball or similar social occasion; a girl in her mid-to-late…

a Shakespearean phrase (see twenty, adj. 2), misunderstood by later writers to mean ‘a sweet girl of twenty years old’.

A girl in her late teens, originally one with her hair down in a pigtail; a young woman, esp. with an implication of flightiness or lack of decorum…

slang. A pretty girl; a girl-friend.

Applied to a female whose authority or pre-eminence is comparable to that of a queen. slang (originally U.S.). An attractive woman; a girlfriend, a…

slang (originally U.S.). A girl; a young woman.

slang (chiefly Services' slang). A girl or young woman; (also) spec. a female prostitute. Cf. earlier square-pusher n. (a) at square, n. compounds.

Usually bit of fluff (cf. bit, n.2 adj.2phrases 2a(b)(iv)): a young woman. colloquial.

slang. A young woman. Cf. chick, n.1 3.

With possessive adjective: a female lover or sweetheart; a girlfriend. Also occasionally more generally: a young woman, a girl. Cf. twist, n.3

A young woman, a girl. Also occasionally: (with possessive adjective) a girlfriend, a female sweetheart. Cf. twist and twirl, n.

North American colloquial (a) A fellow, a guy. (b) A young woman.

= sub-debutante, n. Cf. deb, n.

An (attractive) young woman or girl; = tab, n.2 b. slang.

U.S. slang. A young woman; a girlfriend.

A young woman, a girl, a lass.

Originally U.S. and Australian. A young woman, a girl; (in early use) esp. one regarded as an object of sexual desire. Cf. chick, n.1 3.

A woman, esp. a young woman. U.S. slang.

A young woman, esp. one regarded as a sexual object. Cf. earlier bimbo, n.2 2a.

U.S. An attractive young woman.

A young woman; spec. a prostitute. Also in extended use: a woman or women regarded as a means of sexual gratification; the vulva, the vagina.

A woman or girl.

slang. A woman, esp. as a man’s (potential) sexual or romantic partner. Now rare.

colloquial (originally U.S.). Chiefly with modifying word. A person, esp. a young woman, of a kind specified or evident from the context.

(originally U.S.), a young teen-aged girl; = miss, n.2 4a; also attributive.

slang (derogatory). Originally U.S. A young woman, esp. an unattractive or sexually promiscuous young woman.

Australian. A young woman or girl.

A girl or young woman; a girl-friend. (Predominantly in male use.) slang (originally Australian).

A young woman. Also: an effeminate man.

A girl, a young woman; frequently derogatory. Also collective.

A girl or girls. slang.

A young teenager or a pre-teenager, esp. a girl who is a fan of pop music and follows the latest fashions. Frequently attributive.

a very young (esp. female) pop fan (sometimes notionally of a younger age group than a teeny-bopper, but the two terms are frequently…

a teenage girl from San Fernando Valley in southern California; also = Valleyspeak n. below; also attributive.