1. Noun
An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.
2. Noun
The female part of the human race; womankind.
3. Noun
A female attendant or servant.
4. Verb
To act the part of a woman in; -- with indefinite it.
5. Verb
To make effeminate or womanish.
6. Verb
To furnish with, or unite to, a woman.
7. Noun
women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"; "the fair sex gathered on the veranda"
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