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girl | avertress |

As a proper noun girl

is (astronomy) a chinese constellation located near aquarius, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the black turtle.

As a noun avertress is

a woman, girl, goddess, or other female agent who averts.

girl

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A young female human; (in contrast to boy ), a female child or young adult.
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  • Any woman, regardless of her age. (see usage notes)
  • A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
  • (uncommon) A queen (the playing card.)* Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
  • (colloquial) A term of endearment. (see usage notes)
  • A girlfriend.
  • A daughter.
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete) A roebuck two years old.
  • (US, slang) Cocaine, especially in powder form.
  • * 1969 , Iceberg Slim, Pimp: The Story of My Life , Cash Money Content (2011), ISBN 9781451617139, page 43:
    • She had taught me to snort girl , and almost always when I came to her pad, there would be thin sparkling rows of crystal cocaine on the glass top of the cocktail table.
  • * 1977 , Odie Hawkins, Chicago Hustle , Holloway House (1987), ISBN 0870673661, page 175:
    • Elijah nodded congenially to the early evening regulars in the Afro Lounge, headed straight for the telephone hung midway between the mens and womens, his nose smarting from a couple thick lines of recently snorted girl .
  • * 2005 , K'wan, Hoodlum , St. Martin's Press (2005), ISBN 0312333080, page 185:
    • After about an hour or two of half-ass sex and snorting girl , Honey was zoned out. She flexed her still numb fingers, trying to find a warmth that didn't seem to come. Cocaine always made her numb.
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    • Usage notes

    * Calling a grown woman a "girl" may be considered either a compliment or an insult, depending on context and sensibilities. In some cases, the term is used as a euphemism for virgin, to distinguish a female who has never engaged in sexual intercourse (a "girl") from one who has done so (and is a woman).

    Synonyms

    * (young female human) see also . * (cocaine) see also .

    Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * attagirl * B-girl * baby girl * ball girl * bar girl * girl crazy * big girl's blouse * birthday girl * Bond girl * boys and girls * bunny girl * busgirl * business girl * call girl * career girl * choir girl * college girl * comfort girl * cover girl * cowgirl * dancing girl * daygirl * diamonds are a girl's best friend * dirty girl * Essex girl * flower girl * fluff girl * gal * girl band * girl-boy * girl Friday * girl friend/girlfriend * girl group * Girl Guides * Girl Scouts * girl power * girl talk * girl wonder * girlcott * girlhood * girlie * girlish * girly * girlie girl * girly girl * golden girl * grrrl * hello girl * homegirl * It girl * Jersey girl * little girl * newsgirl * nautch girl * old girl * paper girl * party girl * poster girl * pot-girl * ring girl * riot grrrl * salesgirl * sarong party girl * schoolgirl * shopgirl * showgirl * sky girl * slave-girl * street girl * sweater girl * the girl next door * valley girl * working girl * young girl (girl)

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    avertress

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A woman, girl, goddess, or other female agent who averts.
  • * 1838 : Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine , “The Beacon — from The Agamemnon”, chorus (lines 35–39), page 259
    • When ?neath him yawned th’ expectant grave,
    Nor either parent dar’d to save,
    Tho’ hoary both, the life they gave,
    ?Twas thine in youth to seek the tomb,
    Avertress of thy husband’s doom?!
  • * 1923 : Swami Vijnanananda, The S’rimad Devi Bhagawatam , volume 1, chapter XIX: “On the going to the Svayamvara assembly of Sudars’ana”, verses 34–37 (links: [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uBEkOqvqSMkC&pg=PA268&dq=avertress&lr=], [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kt02ZSt2Q8AC&pg=PA242&dq=avertress&lr=], [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KwlHAYJR5KcC&pg=PA197&dq=avertress&lr=#PPA198,M1)
    • O Son! Let Ambikâ Devî protect your front; Padmalochanâ protect your back; Pârvatî, your two sides; S’ivâ Devî, all around you; Vârâhî, in dreadful paths; Durgâ, in royal forts, Kâlikâ, in terrible fights; Parames’varî, in the platform hall; Mâtamgî, in the Svayamvara hall; Bhavanî, the Avertress of world, amidst the kings; Girijâ, in mountain passes; Chamundâ, in the sacrificial ground, and let the eternal Kâmagâ, protect you in the forests.

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