schoolgirl

B2 Topic:People & Society

Also spelled school-girl

US /ˈskuːlɡɜː(ɹ)l/ See IPA manual

Freq #16693

Meanings

1

noun
A girl who goes to school.

She has been writing poems since she was a schoolgirl.

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Word family

Forms schoolgirls

Etymology

Compound of school + girl.

*seǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

People & Society

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