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girlchildren

girlchildren is the plural of girlchild.

Meaning of girlchild

Noun

girlchild (plural girlchildren)

  1. A female child.
    • The male is esteemed "the head of the family;" it belongs to him; he maintains it; and the rest of the world is a wide hunting ground and battlefield wherein he competes with other males as of old. ¶ The girl-child, peering out, sees this forbidden field as belonging wholly to men-kind; and her...1911, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, chapter 2, in The Man-Made World; or, Our Androcentric Culture
    Antonyms:
    boychild

Questions about girlchildren

What is girlchildren the plural of?
Girlchildren is the plural of girlchild.

Words near girlchildren in the dictionary

  1. girlcation
  2. girlcations
  3. girlchik
  4. girlchiks
  5. girlchild
  6. girlchildren
  7. girlcock
  8. girlcocks
  9. girlcott
  10. girlcotted
  11. girlcotting

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