jill

¹ American

[jil] / dʒɪl /

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

a girl or young woman.
a sweetheart.

Jill ² American

[jil] / dʒɪl /

noun

a female given name, form of Juliana.

jill British

/ dʒɪl /

noun

dialect a variant spelling of gill 4

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Etymology

Origin of jill

Generic use of Jill

Example Sentences

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Jill and Billy Gaff bought their mobile park home in July 2024, moving from Norfolk to retire in Nottinghamshire.

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"We're living in uncertainty," Jill, 63, said.

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Jill is a keen gardener but she said she had stopped digging up the land over fears around contamination.

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David and Jill Kenward, from Greatstone, near New Romney, said they were both diagnosed with tumours on their left kidneys and both had robotic surgery performed by the same surgeon to remove them .

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David, 65, said: "I had so many visits with Jill when she was going through it, and then two years later I found myself sitting in the hot seat in the same room, and she was there for me."

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