Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - girl

~ n 1 »CHILD« a female child  (Don't do that, you naughty girl! | little girl spoken)  (I used to go there on vacation when I was a little girl.) 2 »DAUGHTER« a daughter  (They have two girls and a boy.) 3 »WOMAN« a word meaning a woman, which is sometimes considered offensive by women  (the office girls) 4 girls used by a woman to address a group of other women that she knows well  (Come on girls!) 5 the girls informal a woman's female friends  (a night out with the girls) 6 old girl a) informal an old woman  (Surely the old girl's dead by now?) b) old-fashioned used to address a woman you know well  (Listen, old girl, I think you need some rest.)  (- see also old girl) 7 factory girl/shop girl/office girl old-fashioned a young woman who works in a factory, shop, office etc 8 my girl old-fashioned used by an older person to address a girl or woman who is younger than they are, or when they are annoyed  (Just remember who you're talking to, my girl!) 9 old-fashioned a woman who you are having a romantic relationship with 10 »SERVANT« old-fashioned a woman servant