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LASS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does lass mean?

• LASS (noun)
The noun LASS has 1 sense:

1. a girl or young woman who is unmarried

Familiarity information: LASS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LASS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A girl or young woman who is unmarried

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

jeune fille; lass; lassie; young girl

Hypernyms ("lass" is a kind of...):

fille; girl; miss; missy; young lady; young woman (a young woman)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lass"):

bobby-socker; bobbysoxer (an adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s))

Lolita (a sexually precocious young girl)

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