Definition of "homegirl" [homegirl]

• Slang A female friend or acquaintance from one's neighborhood or hometown. (noun)
• Slang A fellow female gang member. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "After living in a village that doesn't even sell toilet paper since mid-June, suffice it to say homegirl is ready to splurge."
• "Pink reader Adriana gave me the head’s up of a batch of photos of actress Katherine Heigl at the London premiere of her new movie Killers where homegirl is rockin’ THE worst hair’do known to woman."
• "According to MTV News Jay recently dedicated the song to McCain and a "homegirl," whom he described as "the one who says ‘You betcha.’""