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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Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
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His film follows a young, small-time hood named Michel Poiccard (Jean-Paul Belmondo) who steals a car, accidentally shoots a cop, then spends the next few days in Paris hanging out with his American sort-of girlfriend, Patricia Franchini (Jean Seberg).
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2025
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Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
Los Angeles County deputies fatally shot a man who was outside his girlfriend's home on Thursday night.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
In 2008, Tagawa pleaded guilty in a Honolulu court to a petty misdemeanor charge of harassing a girlfriend, who the police said had bruises on her legs at the time.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
His film follows a young, small-time hood named Michel Poiccard (Jean-Paul Belmondo) who steals a car, accidentally shoots a cop, then spends the next few days in Paris hanging out with his American sort-of girlfriend, Patricia Franchini (Jean Seberg).
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Girlfriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/girlfriend. Accessed 9 Dec. 2025.
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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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