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
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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.
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Your designer-loving girlfriend or niece will be impressed.
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Anna was at a girlfriend’s house when Ivan called her.
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Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
Your designer-loving girlfriend or niece will be impressed.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 20 Sep. 2024
Anna was at a girlfriend’s house when Ivan called her.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
For a few years, the Yankees employed Aroldis Chapman, one of the best closers in the league, who’d been suspended for allegedly choking his girlfriend and firing a gun near her head.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2024
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“Girlfriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/girlfriend. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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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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