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- Merriam-Webster has broadened its definition of “female.” The dictionary, often treated as the authoritative source when it comes to modern definitions, added to its online definition of female that the word can mean “having a gender identity that is opposite of male.”
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.
1 of 2 noun. fe· male ˈfē-ˌmāl. : an individual that bears young or produces eggs as distinguished from one that produces sperm. especially : a woman or girl as distinguished from a man or boy. female. 2 of 2 adjective. : of, relating to, or being the sex that bears young or produces eggs.
Dec 27, 2022 · What is a woman? You can no longer count on some dictionaries to tell you. Cambridge University Press just expanded the definition to include biological males who identify as female
Dec 15, 2022 · Adobe Stock. CNN — The Cambridge Dictionary recently updated its entries for “man” and “woman” to include transgender people – the latest dictionary to broaden its lexicon to reflect...
noun. us / ˈwʊm.ən / uk / ˈwʊm.ən / plural women us / ˈwɪm.ɪn / uk / ˈwɪm.ɪn / Add to word list. A1 [ C ] an adult female human being: She's a really nice woman. A woman and two men were arrested the day after the explosion. Women first got the vote in Britain in 1918. She is Ireland's first woman (= female) president.
Jul 3, 2019 · On the Merriam-Webster dictionary site, the fourth definition of “woman” is a servant and the fifth is a wife or mistress.
Show more. Save Word. feminine. 1 of 2. adjective. fem· i· nine ˈfe-mə-nən. Synonyms of feminine. 1. a. : considered to be characteristic of women. stereotypically feminine traits/characteristics. feminine charm/beauty. : marked by or having qualities, features, etc. traditionally associated with women.
