lass

Pronunciation: /læs/

The English word “lass” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

A girl; also (by extension), a young woman.
A female member of the Salvation Army; a hallelujah lass.
A sweetheart.
A female servant; a maid, a maidservant.
A term of address for a woman, or a female animal.

Etymology

From Middle English las, lasce, lasse (“female infant or child; young woman”), traditionally derived from Old Norse lǫskr (“unmarried”, adjective); see Middle English las for more. Cognates Scots lass, lassie

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