Girl, n.

(72), n. [In O. Eng. it seems to have been applied to a male as well as a female. Cf. A-S. ceorl, man, husband, countryman, churl; N. H. Ger. kerl, man, churl; M. H. Ger. kerl, karl, O. H. Ger. charal, D. karel, kerel, Icel. & Sw. karl, man; Icel. karlinna, married woman; L. Ger. gör, göhr, göhre, child.]

1. A female child, or young woman.
2. (Sporting.) A roebuck of two years old.