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woman

  • noun
  • wom·an
  • /ˈwʊmən/

An adult female human.

Example

“the first woman president of Spain”

Other meanings

  1. All female humans collectively; womankind.

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

Synonyms

  • adult female

Example sentences

  • “I've never met this woman in my life.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

  • “I'm a woman of few words.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Old English "wīfmann".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “woman” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.