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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Womanhood

/wo͝om'-ən-ho͝odˌ/ · Wom·an·hood · IPA /ˈwʊmənhʊd/
01 n. The state of being a woman; the distinguishing character or qualities of a woman, or of womankind.
  1. 1.
    The state of being a woman; the distinguishing character or qualities of a woman, or of womankind.
    “Unspotted faith, and comely womanhood.” Spenser.
    “Perhaps the smile and the tender tone Came out of her pitying womanhood.” Tennyson.
  2. 2.
    Women, collectively; womankind.