colleen
noun/kɒˈliːn/
/kɑːˈliːn/
- (Irish English) a girl or young woman
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- (old-fashioned or humorous) a girl or young woman from Ireland
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Irish cailin, diminutive of caile ‘countrywoman’.
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