# final girl

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
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.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/final-girl