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
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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Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Police tracked Jackson to his girlfriend’s apartment in Opa-locka.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
Police traced the car through a license plate reader system to Starks’s girlfriend.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar's girlfriend Lauren Fitzsimmons has been spotted in the paddock cheering him on as early as the 2025 United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Girlfriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/girlfriend. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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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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