girl guide

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [gurl gahyd]
- /gɜrl gaɪd/
- /ɡɜːl ɡaɪd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [gurl gahyd]
- /gɜrl gaɪd/

Definitions of girl guide words

noun girl guide (sometimes initial capital letters) a member of a British organization of girls (Girl Guides) founded in England by Lord Robert S. S. Baden-Powell and his sister Lady Agnes as a sister organization of the Girl Scouts. 1
proper noun girl guide In Britain, the Guides used to be called the Girl Guides. 0
countable noun girl guide In Britain, a Girl Guide was a girl who was a member of the Girl Guides. 0
noun girl guide a member of an organization (Girl Guides) in Great Britain, Canada, and other countries that is similar to the Girl Scouts 0
noun girl guide (Britain, Canada) A member of the Girl Guides, a world wide youth organisation for girls. 0

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Origin of girl guide

First appearance:

before 1905

One of the 15% newest English words

First recorded in 1905-10

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Parts of speech for Girl guide

noun

adjective

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adverb

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preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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girl guide popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

girl guide usage trend in Literature

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