English Explanatory Dictionary

final girl

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A female character in a horror or thriller film who is the last person alive to confront the killer or monster, and often the sole survivor.

Word forms

final girl final girls

Etymology

Coined by film theorist Carol J. Clover in her book Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film (1992).

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