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[ gurl-hood ] / ˈgɜrl hʊd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR girlhood ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe state or time of being a girl. girls collectively: the nation's girlhood. Origin of girlhoodFirst recorded in 1775–85; girl + -hood OTHER WORDS FROM girlhoodpre·girl·hood, nounWords nearby girlhoodgirl band, girl Friday, girlfriend, girlfriend experience, girl guide, girlhood, girlie, girlish, girl-o, Girls' Brigade, girl scout Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for girlhoodThe tough African-French girls living in the projects in Girlhood have been abused and pushed out of the system. ‘Girlhood’: Coming of Age in France’s Projects|Molly Hannon|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST The original French title, Bande de Filles (girl gang) was translated to Girlhood in order to appeal more to American audiences. ‘Girlhood’: Coming of Age in France’s Projects|Molly Hannon|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Frieda spent her girlhood in the embrace of her extended family, living a few blocks from both sets of grandparents. Anne Frank’s Amsterdam|Russell Shorto|October 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST She appeared to be reveling in a second girlhood—or maybe her first. The Sexy Side of Maggie: How Thatcher Used Her Softer Quality|Gail Sheehy|January 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The Lolas, bonded in girlhood, split up when they go to in college. 3 Must-Read Novels|Taylor Antrim, Anne Trubek, Nicholas Mancusi|July 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST As my mother developed into girlhood, her aunt grew more and more covetous of her. The Promised Land|Mary Antin She spoke a great deal of old times, the figures of her childhood and girlhood being evidently very near to her. Julia Ward Howe|Laura E. Richards The one all through the years of boyhood is going to meet the one who is coming through all the years of girlhood to meet him. The Wedding Ring|T. De Witt Talmage Here the family resided nine years, so that the greater and more sensitive part of her girlhood was passed here. Homes and haunts of the most eminent British poets, Vol. II (of 2)|William Howitt It had not happened all these years while her girlhood had been more attractive and her personality more untired. The Rose Garden Husband|Margaret Widdemer
British Dictionary definitions for girlhood
nounthe state or time of being a girl Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to girlhoodadolescence, minority, teens, boyhood, youth, maturity, life, old age, juvenility, juvenescence, spring, greenness, potency, springtime, youthfulness, pubescence, prime, puberty, ignorance, jejuneness |