lass.
A girl; also (by extension), a young woman.
Meaning & usage
A girl; also (by extension), a young woman.
Come and dance, ye lads and lasses!
A girl; also (by extension), a young woman. A female member of the Salvation Army; a hallelujah lass.
A sweetheart.
A female servant; a maid, a maidservant.
A term of address for a woman, or a female animal.
Where this word comes from
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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.