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Added 8 October 2026

lass

/læs/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about lass at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A girl; also , a young woman.
Come and dance, ye lads and lasses!
A female member of the Salvation Army; a hallelujah lass.
A sweetheart.

Origin

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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