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woman

/ˈwʊmɘn/

noun

Meaning

  • An adult female human.

  • (collective) All females collectively; womankind.

  • A female person, usually an adult; a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.

  • A wife (or sometimes a fiancée or girlfriend).

  • A female who is extremely fond of or devoted to a specified type of thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)

  • A female attendant or servant.

Synonyms

female,
lady

verb

Meaning

  • To staff with female labor.

  • To make effeminate or womanish.

  • To furnish with, or unite to, a woman.

  • To call (a person) "woman" in a disrespectful fashion.