noun
Jill
jihl
noun
1
An old-fashioned informal term for a young woman or sweetheart, as in the phrase "every Jack has his Jill."
"The saying goes that every Jack finds his Jill eventually."
How to Use Jill
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old-fashioned word for a girlfriend or sweetheart, mainly surviving in the phrase pairing it with "Jack."
Common pairings
every Jack has his Jill
Word Forms
jilled past tense, Jills plural, jills singular
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Etymology
A variant of "Gill," a diminutive of the name Gillian, itself from Latin Juliana.