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final girl

final girl noun: a female character in a horror or thriller film who is the last person alive to confront the killer or monster, and often the sole survivor.

Noun

final girl (plural final girls)

  1. A female character in a horror or thriller film who is the last person alive to confront the killer or monster, and often the sole survivor.

Forms of final girl

pluralfinal girls

Origin of final girl

Coined by film theorist Carol J. Clover in her book Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film (1992).

Questions about final girl

What does final girl mean?
Final girl means a female character in a horror or thriller film who is the last person alive to confront the killer or monster, and often the sole survivor.
What part of speech is final girl?
Final girl is a noun.
What is the plural of final girl?
The plural of final girl is final girls.

Words near final girl in the dictionary

  1. final examinations
  2. final exams
  3. Final Four
  4. Final Fours
  5. final frontier
  6. final girl
  7. final girls
  8. final illness
  9. final illnesses
  10. Final Judgment
  11. final method

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