English dictionary
woman
nounPronunciation
/ˈwʊmɘn/
/ˈwʊmən/
/ˈwʊmən/
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Definitions
noun
- 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.
verb
- 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.