girlhoodnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈɡɜːl.hʊd/us/ˈɡɝːl.hʊd/old-fashionedthe period when a person is a girl, and not yet a woman, or the state of being a girl:
She lived in India during her girlhood.
See also
boyhood
childhood
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