best girl

English

Alternative forms

• best gal(girlfriend sense only)

Noun

bestgirl(pluralbest girls)

1. (dated)One'sgirlfriend.
   • 1954,Esquire,volume41,number 2, page12:

     […]your fine magazine[…]is a pleasure to read anywhere, but in an isolated spot such as this it's almost as good as asugar reportfrom thebest girl!

   • 1991,Stephen King,Needful Things:

     Soon, you might think, a lone figure dressed in tails and a top-hat — Fred Astaire, or maybe Gene Kelly — would appear and dance his way from one of those spots to the next, singing about how lonely a fellow could be when hisbest girlhad given him the air and all the bars were closed.

2. (film production)A woman who performs the duties of abest boy.
3. (fandomslang)A reader or viewer's preferredfemalecharacter.
   • 2020April 22, Will Harrison, “15 Anime To Watch If You Love Fruits Basket”, inCBR‎^[1]:

     Also: Miku isbest girl,thank you for attending this TED Talk.

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