- a feminine name
- [s-]Austral., N.Z., Informal a girl or young woman
Origin of Sheila
IrishSheila
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sheila
noun
Australian SlangA girl or young woman.
Origin of sheila
From the name SheilaTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Antonyms
- See man
Origin
From Sheila (“female given name").
Proper noun
- A female given name.
Usage notes
Originally used in Ireland; popular in the UK from the 1920s to the 1950s.
Origin
Anglicized spelling of SÃle, the Irish form of Cecilia.
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