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woman noun (women) 1 an adult human female. Opposite of man. 2 women generally; the female sex. 3 in compounds a a woman associated with a specified activity • policewoman • markswoman; b a woman who is a native of a specified country or place • Irishwoman. 4 one's wife or girlfriend. 5 derog a man who displays characteristics considered more typical of a woman. 6 (the woman) feminine instincts. 7 old use a female servant or domestic daily help. 8 old use a female attendant to a queen, etc. adj female • a woman doctor. womanhood noun. womanlike adj. kept woman a mistress. the little woman patronizing one's wife.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon wifman, from wif wife + man human being.
woman noun (women) 1 an adult human female. Opposite of man. 2 women generally; the female sex. 3 in compounds a a woman associated with a specified activity • policewoman • markswoman; b a woman who is a native of a specified country or place • Irishwoman. 4 one's wife or girlfriend. 5 derog a man who displays characteristics considered more typical of a woman. 6 (the woman) feminine instincts. 7 old use a female servant or domestic daily help. 8 old use a female attendant to a queen, etc. adj female • a woman doctor. womanhood noun. womanlike adj. kept woman a mistress. the little woman patronizing one's wife.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon wifman, from wif wife + man human being.
woman noun (women) 1 an adult human female. Opposite of man. 2 women generally; the female sex. 3 in compounds a a woman associated with a specified activity • policewoman • markswoman; b a woman who is a native of a specified country or place • Irishwoman. 4 one's wife or girlfriend. 5 derog a man who displays characteristics considered more typical of a woman. 6 (the woman) feminine instincts. 7 old use a female servant or domestic daily help. 8 old use a female attendant to a queen, etc. adj female • a woman doctor. womanhood noun. womanlike adj. kept woman a mistress. the little woman patronizing one's wife.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon wifman, from wif wife + man human being.
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