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  1. 1. a. : an adult female person. b. : a woman belonging to a particular category (as by birth, residence, membership, or occupation)usually used in combination. councilwoman. 2. : womankind. 3. : distinctively feminine nature : womanliness. 4. : a woman who is a servant or personal attendant. 5. a. chiefly dialectal : wife.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › WomanWoman - Wikipedia

    A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a woman is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and fertile women are capable of pregnancy and giving birth from puberty until menopause.

  3. an adult who lives and identifies as female though they may have been said to have a different sex at birth: She was the first trans woman elected to a national office. Mary is a woman who was assigned male at birth. [ C ] informal. a wife or female sexual partner: Apparently, Jeff has a new woman.

  4. Woman, female, lady are nouns referring to an adult female human being, one paradigm of gender and biological sex for adult human beings. Woman is the general term. It is neutral, lacking either favorable or unfavorable implication, and is the most commonly used of the three: a wealthy woman; a woman of strong character, of unbridled appetites.

  5. a man/woman of the world. a person with a lot of experience of life, who is not easily surprised or shocked. Definition of woman noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  6. Mar 5, 2020 · What is a woman? Acclaimed scholar Susan Stryker provides an answer to the age-old question that goes beyond biology and politics.

  7. Definition of woman noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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