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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

L'ASS, n.
A young woman; a girl.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a girl or young woman who is unmarried [syn: lass, lassie, young girl, jeune fille]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English las Date: 14th century 1. a young woman ; girl 2. sweetheart

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. esp. Sc. & N.Engl. or poet. a girl or young woman. Etymology: ME lasce ult. f. ON laskwa unmarried (fem.)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lass Lass, n. [OE. lasse; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. llodes girl, fem. of llawd lad. (?). See Lad a youth.] A youth woman; a girl; a sweetheart.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(lasses) A lass is a young woman or girl. (mainly SCOTTISH or NORTHERN ENGLISH) Anne is a Lancashire lass from Longton, near Preston... 'What is it, lass?' Finlay cried. N-COUNT; N-VOC

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Girl, damsel, maiden, lassie, miss.

Moby Thesaurus

Dulcinea, Eve, Frau, babe, baby, best girl, broad, chick, colleen, cutie, dame, damoiselle, damsel, daughter of Eve, demoiselle, distaff, doll, domina, donna, dowager, dream girl, femme, filly, frail, frow, gal, gentlewoman, gill, girl, girl friend, girlie, heifer, hoyden, inamorata, jeune fille, jill, jo, junior miss, lady, lady friend, lady love, lassie, little missy, mademoiselle, maid, maiden, matron, milady, miss, missy, mistress, mouse, nymphet, old lady, piece, quail, romp, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss, skirt, slip, squaw, subdeb, subdebutante, subteen, subteener, teenybopper, tomato, tomboy, virgin, vrouw, wahine, weaker vessel, wench, woman, young creature, young thing