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elf-girl

elf-girl noun: a young female elf.

Noun

elf-girl (plural elf-girls)

  1. A young female elf.
    • A little Elf-girl once came to the mistress of the house, begging the loan of a pair of scissors, to cut out her bridal dress with.1851, Benjamin Thorpe, Northern Mythology, volume II, London: Edward Lumley, page 127
    • It is said that a farmer was engaged to an elf-girl, but instead of a bride he embraced an oak sapling.1884, Hilderic Friend, Flowers and Flower Lore, volume I, London: Swan Sonnenschein and Co., page 41

Forms of elf-girl

pluralelf-girls

Questions about elf-girl

What does elf-girl mean?
Elf-girl means a young female elf.
What part of speech is elf-girl?
Elf-girl is a noun.
What is the plural of elf-girl?
The plural of elf-girl is elf-girls.

Words near elf-girl in the dictionary

  1. elf-dance
  2. elf-dances
  3. elf-dock
  4. elf-folk
  5. elf-folks
  6. elf-girl
  7. elf-girls
  8. elf-king
  9. elf-kings
  10. elf-knight
  11. elf-knights

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