Usually means: Young woman, typically Irish descent.
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  1. colleen: Merriam-Webster
  2. colleen: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. colleen: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. colleen: Collins English Dictionary
  5. colleen: Vocabulary.com
  6. Colleen, colleen: Wordnik
  7. colleen: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Colleen, colleen: Wiktionary
  9. colleen: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. colleen: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. colleen: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Colleen, colleen: Dictionary.com
  13. Colleen (disambiguation), Colleen (musician), Colleen: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. colleen: Rhymezone
  15. colleen: FreeDictionary.org
  16. colleen: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. colleen: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. colleen: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  A female given name from English or Irish.
▸ noun:  (Ireland) girl
▸ noun:  (Ireland) young single woman

Similar:
Colman, Colm, Coleen, Colene, Collin, Eileen, Colin, Caoilinn, Keelin, Conleth, more...

Phrases:
Colleen Dewhurst, Colleen McCullough, colleen browning, Colleen Hoover, Colleen Camp, more...

Adjectives:
irish, little, pretty, poor, young, sweet, beautiful, eyed, fair, lovely, haired

Colors:
    emerald,     kelly green,     shamrock,     jade,     forest green, more...



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Similar:
Colman, Colm, Coleen, Colene, Collin, Eileen, Colin, Caoilinn, Keelin, Conleth, more...

Phrases:
Colleen Dewhurst, Colleen McCullough, colleen browning, Colleen Hoover, Colleen Camp, Kidnapping of Colleen Stan, Colleen Ballinger, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Colleen Wing, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Colleen Moore, more...

Adjectives:
irish, little, pretty, poor, young, sweet, beautiful, eyed, fair, lovely, haired

Colors:
    emerald,     kelly green,     shamrock,     jade,     forest green, more...



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