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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)
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| Definition of 'woman' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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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"
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1. (noun) woman
a grown female
At sixteen she's really a young woman.; Not all women like cooking, you know.
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| Definition of 'woman' |
Webster Dictionary |
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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
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| Definitions of 'woman' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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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.
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Sense: an adult human female
His sisters are both grown women now; (; women doctors.
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 Afrikaans: vrou |
 Arabic: إمرأه |
 Bulgarian: жена |
 Brazilian: mulher |
 Czech: žena; ženský |
 German: die Frau, weiblich, Fraue |
 Danish: kvinde; kvindelig; kvinde |
 Greek: γυναίκα |
 Spanish: mujer |
 Estonian: naine |
 Farsi: زن |
 Finnish: nainen |
 French: femme(-) |
 Hebrew: אִישָה |
 Hindi: औरत |
 Croatian: žena |
 Hungarian: nő; asszony; ... nő |
 Indonesian: wanita |
 Icelandic: kona |
 Italian: donna |
 Japanese: 女 |
 Korean: 여자 |
 Lithuanian: moteris |
 Latvian: sieviete |
 Malay: wanita; perempuan |
 Dutch: vrouw; vrouwelijk |
 Norwegian: kvinne; kvinnelig |
 Polish: kobieta |
 Persian: زن |
 Pashto: ښځه، ښځينه جنس، ښځنوكى: ښ |
 Portuguese: mulher |
 Romanian: (de) femeie |
 Russian: женщина |
 Slovak: žena; ženský |
 Slovenian: ženska |
 Serbian: žena |
 Swedish: kvinna |
 Thai: ผู้หญิง |
 Turkish: kadın |
 Taiwanese: 成年女子 |
 Ukrainian: жінка |
 Urdu: عورت |
 Vietnamese: người đàn bà đã có chồng |
 Chinese: 成年女子，妇女 |
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