girl friend

See also: girlfriend

English

Noun

girl friend (plural girl friends)

  1. A female friend.
    • 1971, Frank A. Petroni, Ernest A. Hirsch, Two, four, six, eight, when you gonna integrate?, page 192:
      VELMA: My best girl friend is a Mexican girl. Every time I go up on the second floor where the Negroes hang out and I'm with this girl, they're always saying things like, "Hey girl, you're out of your place with her." Well, I don't listen to them at all.
    • 1980, Andre Dubus, Finding a Girl in America, page 157:
      He is not deeply worried about dope, because he trusts Sharon, knows she is sensible; that she tried cigarettes with her girl friends because at thirteen she wouldn't think of death […]
    • 2013, Beatrice Labissiere, The Evil Land: Nehemiah:
      Then, the lady explained that her husband often talked to his girl friend about her.
    • 2015, Lulu Press Inc, Strange Facts About Ways to Propose
      Remember that the way you may not be liked by your girl friend, you might think the girl who is close to your girlfriend.
  2. Alternative form of girlfriend.
    • 1958, DC Comics, Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane:
    • 2012, The Rosen Publishing Group, Guys: Being Best Friends:
      You may talk about different things with your girl friend than you do with your guy friends.

Usage notes

  • The spelling of girl friend as two words is used to distinguish this term from girlfriend, a girl or woman with whom one has a romantic relationship.

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