womanPronunciation: /ˈwʊmən/Translate woman | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of woman noun (plural women /ˈwɪmɪn/) an adult human female:a jury of seven women and five men [as modifier]:a woman doctor [with modifier] a female person associated with a particular place, activity, or occupation:one of his sophisticated London women a peremptory form of address to a woman:don’t be daft, woman! a female worker or employee. a female who is paid to clean someone’s house and carry out other domestic duties:a daily woman a man’s wife, girlfriend, or lover:he wondered whether Billy had his woman with himPhrases be one's own woman see own. the little woman a condescending way of referring to one’s wife: male fisherfolk who take their catch home for the little woman to gut my good woman British dated a patronizing form of address to a woman:you’re mistaken, my good woman woman of letters a female scholar or author. woman of the streets euphemistic, dated a prostitute. woman of the world see world. woman to woman in a direct and frank way between two women: Alice smiled at her, woman to woman [as modifier]:the hands-on, woman-to-woman relationshipDerivatives womanless adjective womanlike adjective Origin: Old English wīfmon, -man (see wife, man), a formation peculiar to English, the ancient word being wifewoman in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of woman in the US English dictionary
