"Bond girl" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Bond girls [plural]
Etymology: From James Bond + girl. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|James Bond|girl|text=+|tree=1}} From James Bond + girl. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Bond girl (plural Bond girls)
  1. (fiction) One of the beautiful, seductive young women who appear in James Bond movies. Translations (young women who appear in James Bond movies): Bond-tyttö (Finnish), dziewczyna Bonda [feminine] (Polish), chica Bond [feminine] (Spanish), Bondbrud [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Bond_girl-en-noun-ZDs01zWb Categories (other): Fiction, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Appearance, British fiction, Female people, Fictional characters, James Bond Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Appearance: 90 10 Disambiguation of British fiction: 98 2 Disambiguation of Female people: 46 54 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 95 5 Disambiguation of James Bond: 98 2 Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing Disambiguation of 'young women who appear in James Bond movies': 98 2
  2. (transferred sense) A beautiful, seductive young woman.
    Sense id: en-Bond_girl-en-noun-sEK1IIK5 Categories (other): Female people Disambiguation of Female people: 46 54

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