bar girl

noun

1. a barmaid.
2. B-girl.
3. a female prostitute who frequents bars in search of customers.

bar girl

noun

1. an attractive girl employed by the management of a bar to befriend male customers and encourage them to buy drinks

Word History and Origins

Origin of bar girl¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

He played John, a marine who introduces the show’s doomed lovers — his sergeant friend and a Vietnamese bar girl — and later becomes an advocate for the abandoned children of American servicemen and local women.

From New York Times

The bar girl greeted them and said there was no beer.

From Literature

He had a few girlfriends, sure, but he generally stayed away from the bar girls.

From Literature

Marine and a teenage bar girl in 1975 Vietnam share an ill-fated romance in this musical inspired by Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly.”

From Los Angeles Times

The colorful, 706-page book includes photographs of CIA officers, Hmong and Vietnamese soldiers, maps of bomb sites, and pictures of dead bodies and one nude Lao bar girl.

From Washington Times