schoolgirl

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schoolgirl

  • /ˈskuːlɡɜː(ɹ)l/

Where it comes from

Compound of school + girl.

noun schoolgirls

  1. A girl attending school. That he married the wrong sister (as is sometimes suggested) is scarcely a feasible explanation, for Mary was hardly more than a schoolgirl when Dickens first came into the Hogarth family.

verb schoolgirls · schoolgirling · schoolgirled

  1. rare, transitive To restrain in a schoolgirl pin. Victoria & Nidia beat Stratus & Kim in 3:45 when Victoria schoolgirled Kim.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: teenager, teen, learner, student, highschoolgirl, schoolmiss, schoolchild, schoolgirlhood, schoolwoman, schoolmaid, elementary schooler, schoolkid, schoolgirlism, daygirl, studentess, shopgirl

Translations

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noun girl attending school

한국어여학생 yeohaksaeng
日本語女子児童 joshi jidō, 女子生徒 joshi seito, 女生徒 joseito, 女子学生 joshi gakusei, 女学生 jogakusei, 女生 josei
中文女學生 /女学生 nǚxuéshēng, 女生 nǚshēng
Portuguêsaluna, estudante
Françaisélève, écolière
DeutschSchülerin, Schulmädchen
Italianoalunna, scolara
Românăelevă, școlăriță
Русскийшко́льница škólʹnica, учени́ца učeníca
Tiếng Việtnữ sinh
العربيةتِلْمِيذَة tilmīḏa

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@misc{schoolgirl_2026,
  title = {schoolgirl},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/schoolgirl},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}