gentlegirl
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
gentle + girl, modelled on gentleman and/or gentlewoman.
Noun[edit]
gentlegirl (plural gentlegirls)
- (rare, informal or humorous) A polite form of address for a young woman.
- 2012, Bowen Craig, A Look to the Future Through the Eyes of an Eighty Year Old Pirate, iUniverse, →ISBN, pages 120–121:
- Amber Luthergaard (D-North Dakota) had been a fixture in the halls of Congress for over a year now. The distinguished gentlegirl was adjusting.