girlfriend
noun
girl·friend
ˈgər(-ə)l-ˌfrend 
1
: a female friend
2
: a frequent or regular female companion in a romantic or sexual relationship
Examples of girlfriend in a Sentence
My girlfriend and I have only been dating for a couple of months.
She spends hours talking on the phone with her girlfriends.
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Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 10 June 2026
Collins has been embroiled in a House ethics inquiry centered on allegations that his then-chief of staff Brandon Phillips misused taxpayer funds by paying his girlfriend for a no-show internship.
—Shannon McCaffrey, AJC.com, 10 June 2026
This isn't your average ex-girlfriend of an athlete.
—Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
Investigators determined the man was killed during a robbery at the home of Anthony Enrique Gordon, 50, and his girlfriend, Danette Larae Young, 58, the state attorney’s office said.
—Sofia Saric
june 10, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
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“Girlfriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/girlfriend. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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girlfriend
noun
girl·friend
ˈgər(-ə)l-ˌfrend
1
: a female friend
2
: a regular female companion in a romantic relationship
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