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 Definitions of Woman  [ˈwɪm ɪn]  

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Definition of 'Woman' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) woman
an adult female person, as distinguished from a girl or a man.

2.  woman
a wife.

3.  woman
a female lover or sweetheart.

4.  woman
a female servant or attendant.

5.  woman
women collectively; womankind.

6.  woman
the nature, characteristics, or feelings often attributed to women; womanliness.

7. (adj.) woman
female:
a woman plumber.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; ME womman, wimman, OE wīfman=wīf female +man human being; see wife , man)

Definition of 'Woman' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) woman, adult female
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
"the woman kept house while the man hunted"

2. (noun) woman
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"

3. (noun) charwoman, char, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman
a human female employed to do housework
"the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write"

4. (noun) womanhood, woman, fair sex
women as a class
"it's an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"; "the fair sex gathered on the veranda"


Definition of 'Woman' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) woman
a grown female
At sixteen she's really a young woman.; Not all women like cooking, you know.


Definition of 'Woman' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Woman
an adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person

2. (noun) Woman
the female part of the human race; womankind

3. (noun) Woman
a female attendant or servant

4. (verb) Woman
to act the part of a woman in; -- with indefinite it

5. (verb) Woman
to make effeminate or womanish

6. (verb) Woman
to furnish with, or unite to, a woman


Definitions of 'Woman' The Roycroft Dictionary 

Woman
1. The First Cause.

2. A being created for the purpose of voting.

3. Any one with an allowance that is occasionally paid, but which can't be collected.

4. A pet, a plaything, a scullion, a thing to die for, or a thing to kill.

5. A being to get rid of or to secure--to run away from, or with, as the case may be.

6. Among the Ancients, a slave, a chattel; among the Moderns, a financial swashbuckler. Synonyms: sphinx, devil, angel, liar, spendthrift.


Translation of 'Woman' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an adult human female
His sisters are both grown women now; (; women doctors.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vrou Arabic flag Arabic: إمرأه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: жена
Brazilian flag Brazilian: mulher Czech flag Czech: žena; ženský German flag German: die Frau, weiblich, Fraue
Danish flag Danish: kvinde; kvindelig; kvinde Greek flag Greek: γυναίκα Spanish flag Spanish: mujer
Estonian flag Estonian: naine Farsi flag Farsi: زن Finnish flag Finnish: nainen
French flag French: femme(-) Hebrew flag Hebrew: אִישָה Hindi flag Hindi: औरत
Croatian flag Croatian: žena Hungarian flag Hungarian: nő; asszony; ... nő Indonesian flag Indonesian: wanita
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kona Italian flag Italian: donna Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean: 여자 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: moteris Latvian flag Latvian: sieviete
Malay flag Malay: wanita; perempuan Dutch flag Dutch: vrouw; vrouwelijk Norwegian flag Norwegian: kvinne; kvinnelig
Polish flag Polish: kobieta Persian flag Persian: زن Pashto flag Pashto: ښځه، ښځينه جنس، ښځنوكى: ښ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: mulher Romanian flag Romanian: (de) femeie Russian flag Russian: женщина
Slovak flag Slovak: žena; ženský Slovenian flag Slovenian: ženska Serbian flag Serbian: žena
Swedish flag Swedish: kvinna Thai flag Thai: ผู้หญิง Turkish flag Turkish: kadın
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 成年女子 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: жінка Urdu flag Urdu: عورت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: người đàn bà đã có chồng Chinese flag Chinese: 成年女子,妇女

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