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golden girl

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English

Syllables
gold-en -girl
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A girl or young woman who has become unusually successful at an early age.

noun

A favored girl, held in high esteem by others, and for whom there are high hopes.

noun

A young woman who is beautiful in a wholesome and healthy way.

noun

An older woman, a female senior citizen.

Informal

Example Sentences

Etymology

The senior citizen sense was inspired by a TV show in the 1980s, The Golden Girls, about a group of friends. The show's title was inspired by the traditional senses of the term but seems also to have been a play on golden years and silver-haired.

Usage

Inflected Forms

golden girls (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does golden girl mean?
A girl or young woman who has become unusually successful at an early age.
Where does golden girl come from?
The senior citizen sense was inspired by a TV show in the 1980s, The Golden Girls, about a group of friends. The show's title was inspired by the traditional senses of the term but seems also to have been a play on golden years and silver-haired.

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