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Definition of girlfriend
1 : a female friend
2 : a frequent or regular female companion in a romantic or sexual relationship
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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.
Recent Examples of girlfriend from the Web
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Horace had been in the parking lot with his girlfriend and a child.
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Bloom even gave Kerr a warning about the impending tabloid photos of him paddleboarding nude with his then-girlfriend Katy Perry.
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The funnier and ultimately endearing bond blossoms between Nanjiani and his comatose girlfriend’s blunt-speaking dad, Terry, played by Ray Romano, the co-creator and star of, among other things, Everybody Loves Raymond.
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Black female self-confidence is examined in Girls Trip’s story of four black girlfriends who attend an Essence Festival (staged by the magazine of that name) in New Orleans.
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Opening act Brandon Jenner is the son of Bruce (now Caitlyn) Jenner and Linda Thompson, who was Elvis Presley’s girlfriend for several years in the 1970s.
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The shooting gained widespread attention after Castile’s girlfriend, who was in the car along with her then-4-year-old daughter, livestreamed its gruesome aftermath on Facebook.
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Back in 1987, Surface Noise's Bill Barriger had a fight with his girlfriend, pawned his stereo and bought a one-way plane ticket to see the Replacements in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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At some point, Chief Boyce said, Mr. Bonds and his girlfriend got into a taxi and left the area.
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First Known Use of girlfriend
1859
GIRLFRIEND Defined for English Language Learners
girlfriend
playDefinition of girlfriend for English Language Learners
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: a woman that someone is having a romantic or sexual relationship with
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: a female friend
GIRLFRIEND Defined for Kids
girlfriend
playDefinition of girlfriend for Students
1 : a female friend
2 : a regular female companion of a boy or man
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