Bond girl

English

Etymology

James Bond +‎ girl

Noun

Bond girl (plural Bond girls)

1. One of the beautiful, seductive young women who appear in James Bond movies.
   • 1998, Justin Richards, chapter 12, in Option Lock, page 232:

     Sam scowled. 'I hate villains who call me Miss Jones,' she told him. 'It makes me feel like a Bond girl.'

   • 2004 February 2, The New Yorker:

     When a lunch companion suggested that she might not want to take the Halle Berry route should she be nominated for an Oscar for "Monster," and win — soul-searching performance followed by a turn as a Bond girl — Theron threw her head back and howled.

2. (transferred sense) A beautiful, seductive young woman.

Translations

young women who appear in James Bond movies

• Finnish: Bond-tyttö
• Polish: dziewczyna Bonda f
• Spanish: chica Bond f
• Swedish: Bondbrud c