Definition of Schoolgirl

1. Noun. A girl attending school.

Generic synonyms: Female Child, Girl, Little Girl

Definition of Schoolgirl

1. n. A girl belonging to, or attending, a school.

Definition of Schoolgirl

1. Noun. A girl attending school. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Schoolgirl

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Schoolgirl

schooldame
schooldames
schoolday
schooldays
schoole
schooled
schooler
schooleries
schoolers
schoolery
schooles
schoolfellow
schoolfellows
schoolfriend
schoolfriends
schoolgirl (current term)
schoolgirlish
schoolgirlishly
schoolgirls
schoolgirly
schoolgoer
schoolgoers
schoolgoing
schoolhouse
schoolhouses
schoolie
schoolies
schooling
schoolings
schoolish

Literary usage of Schoolgirl

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Girl and Her Community by Margaret Slattery (1918)
"THE schoolgirl SHE is as varied in type as her industrial or business sister. ... The schoolgirl of eighteen, and the industrial and the business girl of ..."

2. The Education of Girls in China by Ida Belle Lewis (1919)
"CHAPTER II THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE CHINESE schoolgirl SOCIAL STATUS The traditional social divisions of Chinese society are: (1) ..."

3. Poems by Brian Hooker (1915)
"A schoolgirl SPEAKS You are not like the others—that is all. I do not think you wonderful nor wise, Make you a hero in my reveries, Nor bend my fancy to ..."

4. "An American Commoner": The Life and Times of Richard Parks Bland. A Study by William Vincent Byars (1900)
"Their First Meeting When She Was a schoolgirl.—Mr. Bland as a Confirmed Old Bachelor in Love for the Second Time.—He Tells Mrs. Bland of His Romance at ..."

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