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A girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood. The term may also be used to mean a young woman. Etymology The English word girl first appeared during the Middle Ages between 1250 and 1300 CE and came from the Anglo-Saxon words gerle (also spelled girle or gurle). The Anglo-Saxon word gerela meaning dress or clothing item also seems to have been used as a metonym in some sense. Girl has meant any young unmarried woman since about 1530...