woman
Pronunciation: /ˈwʊmən/
noun ( plural women /ˈwɪmɪn/)
- an adult human female: a jury of seven women and five men
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- 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 him
Phrases
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be one's own woman
- see own
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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
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my good woman
- British dated a patronizing form of address to a woman: you’re mistaken, my good woman
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woman of letters
- a female scholar or author.
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woman of the streets
- euphemistic, dated a prostitute.
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woman of the world
- see world
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woman to woman
- in a direct and frank way between two women: Alice smiled at her, woman to woman