colleen

noun

Definition of colleennext
as in sheila

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  1. senorita
  2. lassie
  3. lass
  4. filly
  5. deb
Noun
  • Love the artwork on your book cover, with the dangerous looking senorita along with freaky birds and trees you're known for.
    Matt Wake | mwake@al.com, al, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Football managers reared their boogie heads once again this term when a video surfaced of Pep Guardiola doing his best at courting the attentions of a Spanish senorita.
    SI.com, SI.com, 6 June 2019
Definition of senorita
Noun
  • Here’s your chance, lads and lassies, to snap up a historic home in Scotland from one of the United States’ most beloved musicians.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2023
  • In return for wealth for her family, our lassie agrees to live with the White Bear in his palace.
    Sarah Schutte, National Review, 12 Sep. 2021
Definition of lassie
Noun
  • The search for, and then bonding with, the young lass understandably got Gibbs reflecting on the tragic loss of his daughter Kelly, in the same car crash that killed his wife Shannon.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 29 Oct. 2024
  • In a trice couples formed, and the dancers whirled away more wildly, more extravagantly than before, for all the lads and lasses were fired with ambition to show us how real Hungarians could dance.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of lass
Noun
  • The beautiful horses are the main attraction at the Breeders’ Cup, from the Future Stars Friday as juveniles, to the fantastic fillies, magnificent mares and classic colts that produce a lifetime of enjoyment for their connections and fans.
    Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Pictured above sailing to the top of her class last spring by winning the Kentucky Oaks in the raging slop on May 3, it’s become clear since then that not much, and certainly no other filly, can stop Thorpedo Anna.
    Guy Martin, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of filly
Noun
  • Now every nubile deb has her eye on him, and our poor heroine doesn’t seem to stand a chance.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 16 May 2024
  • The debutante fashion show is a requirement for the girls to complete the personal development part of the 16-month deb program.
    Jane Napier Neely, latimes.com, 3 June 2019
Definition of deb
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“Colleen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colleen. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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