Lass
noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A girl; also (by extension), a young woman.
"Come and dance, ye lads and lasses!"
- 2 a girl or young woman who is unmarried wordnet
- 3 A girl; also (by extension), a young woman.; A female member of the Salvation Army; a hallelujah lass. specifically
"Jenny Hill, a pale, overwrought, pretty Salvation lass of 18, comes in through the yard gate, leading Peter Shirley, a half hardened, half worn-out elderly man, weak with hunger."
- 4 A sweetheart. Geordie, Wearside, especially
"But firſt him ſeemed fit, that vvounded Knight / To viſite, after this nights perillous paſſe, / And to ſalute him, if he vvere in plight, / And eke [also] that Lady his faire louely laſſe."
- 5 A female servant; a maid, a maidservant. Northern-England, Scotland
"[…] I'll tell ye that after we are done wi' our supper, for it will may be no be sae weel to speak about it while that lang-lugged limmer o' a lass is gaun flisking in and out o' the room."
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- 6 A term of address for a woman, or a female animal. Scotland, familiar
"As fair art thou, my bonie laſs, / So deep in luve am I; / And I will luve thee ſtill, my Dear, / Till a' the ſeas gang dry."
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More examples"The lass is at the window, because the sun is very hot today."
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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