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colleen
CIDE DICTIONARY
colleen, n. [Ir. cailin.].
A girl; a maiden.
"Of all the colleens in the land
Sweet Mollie is the daisy." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Sweet Mollie is the daisy." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
colleen, n. Ir. a girl.
Etymology
Ir. cail{iacute}n, dimin. of caile country-woman
THESAURUS
colleen
babe, baby, broad, chick, cutie, dame, damoiselle, damsel, demoiselle, doll, filly, frail, gal, girl, girlie, heifer, hoyden, jeune fille, jill, junior miss, lass, lassie, little missy, mademoiselle, maid, maiden, miss, missy, nymphet, piece, romp, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss, skirt, slip, subdeb, subdebutante, subteen, subteener, teenybopper, tomato, tomboy, virgin, wench, young creature, young thingFor further exploring for "colleen" in Webster Dictionary Online