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LASSIE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A girl or young woman who is unmarried

Synonyms:

jeune fille; lass; lassie; young girl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("lassie" is a kind of...):

fille; girl; miss; missy; young lady; young woman (a young female)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lassie"):

bobby-socker; bobbysoxer (an adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s))

Lolita (a sexually precocious young girl)

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