What does girl friday mean?

girl friday means "a female assistant who has a range of duties".

Is girl friday a common word?

girl friday is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

girl friday — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a female assistant who has a range of duties
Broaderassistant

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What does girl friday mean?: girl friday means "a female assistant who has a range of duties".
Is girl friday a common word?: girl friday is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for girl friday come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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