doll

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A toy made to look like a small person, especially a baby or child.

   The little girl carried her favourite doll everywhere.

2. 2
   noun

   A kind, helpful person (informal).

   Be a doll and fetch me a glass of water, please.

3. 3
   noun

   An affectionate name for someone you love.

   Don't worry, doll, everything will be fine.

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Simplified etymology

Doll began in the mid-16th century as a pet form of the name Dorothy and then denoted a man’s sweetheart or lover. Its sense “small model of a human figure” appeared in the late 17th century, replacing earlier terms such as poppet and puppet for the toy.

* As a south German surname, from toll (“mad, foolish”). * Also as a German surname, spelling variant of Thiel. * As an English surname, from the adjective dull, cognate with the first German derivation. Also compare Dill.

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