women Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
    woman; adult female.
    • the woman kept house while the man hunted
  2. noun a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man
    woman.
    • he was faithful to his woman
  3. noun a human female employed to do housework
    char; cleaning woman; woman; charwoman; cleaning lady.
    • the char will clean the carpet
    • I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write
  4. noun women as a class
    womanhood; woman; fair sex.
    • it's an insult to American womanhood
    • woman is the glory of creation
    • the fair sex gathered on the veranda

WordNet


Wom"en noun
Definitions
  1. pl. of Woman.

Webster 1913