About The Word Woman
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Woman Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Woman?
[n] women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"
[n] a human female who does housework; "the char will clean the carpet" [n] [n] (informal) a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man; "he was faithful to his woman" Synonyms | Synonyms for Woman: adult female | char | charwoman | cleaning lady | cleaning woman | womanhood Related Terms | Find terms related to Woman: See Also | adult female body | amazon | baggage | bar girl | bas bleu | bawd | beauty | B-girl | Black woman | bluestocking | bridesmaid | broad | cat | Cinderella | class | cleaner | cocotte | coquette | cyprian | dame | deb | debutante | Delilah | dish | divorcee | dominatrix | donna | enchantress | Eve | ex | exwife | eyeful | fancy woman | female | female person | femme fatale | fille | flirt | geisha | geisha girl | gentlewoman | girl | girlfriend | gold digger | grass widow | gravida | harlot | head nurse | heroine | houri | inamorata | jezebel | jilt | kept woman | knockout | lady | lady friend | lady of pleasure | looker | lulu | ma'am | madam | maenad | mantrap | married woman | matron | mestiza | minx | miss | missy | mistress | nanny | nullipara | nurse | nursemaid | nymph | nymphet | old woman | peach | prickteaser | prostitute | ravisher | shiksa | shikse | siren | smasher | social class | socio-economic class | sporting lady | stunner | sweetheart | sylph | tart | tease | temptress | trollop | unmarried woman | vamp | vamper | vestal | virago | white woman | whore | widow | widow woman | wife | woman of the street | womankind | woman's body | working girl | yellow woman | young lady | young woman Woman In Webster's Dictionary \Wom"an\, n.; pl. {Women}. [OE. woman, womman, wumman,
wimman, wifmon, AS. w[=i]fmann, w[=i]mmann; w[=i]f woman,
wife + mann a man. See {Wife}, and {Man}.]
1. An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as
distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female
person.
Women are soft, mild pitiful, and flexible. --Shak.
And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man,
made he a woman. --Gen. ii. 22.
I have observed among all nations that the women
ornament themselves more than the men; that,
wherever found, they are the same kind, civil,
obliging, humane, tender beings, inclined to be gay
and cheerful, timorous and modest. --J. Ledyard.
2. The female part of the human race; womankind.
Man is destined to be a prey to woman. --Thackeray.
3. A female attendant or servant. `` By her woman I sent your
message.'' --Shak.
{Woman hater}, one who hates women; one who has an aversion
to the female sex; a misogynist. --Swift.
\Wom"an\, v. t. 1. To act the part of a woman in; -- with indefinite it. --Daniel. 2. To make effeminate or womanish. [R.] --Shak. 3. To furnish with, or unite to, a woman. [R.] ``To have him see me woman'd.'' --Shak. |
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