01 n. An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.
pl.
Women ((#))
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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.
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2.
The female part of the human race; womankind.“Man is destined to be a prey to woman.” — Thackeray.
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3.
A female attendant or servant.
Phrases & compounds
Woman hater —
one who hates women; one who has an aversion to the female sex; a misogynist.