See Also: Woman(medicine)
Woman's Own(dictionary)
woman(2)(dictionary)
woman(1)(dictionary)
kept woman(dictionary)
old woman(dictionary)
old woman(dictionary)
one-woman(dictionary)
well-woman(dictionary)
woman(dictionary)

woman (oh)



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1 ?female person?
2 ?any woman?
3 businesswoman/spokeswoman etc
4 another woman/the other woman
5 be your own woman
6 ?partner?
7 ?form of address?
8 ?servant?
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[Language: Old English; Origin: wifman, from wif ( WIFE) + man 'person']
?FEMALE PERSON?
[C] an adult female person
::I was talking to a woman I met on the flight.
::married women
::a popular women's magazine
::When a woman is pregnant, the levels of hormones in her body change.
woman priest/doctor etc
(=a priest etc who is a woman)
::Ireland's first woman president
::women artists
?ANY WOMAN?
[singular] formal women in general
::A woman's work is never done (=used to say that women have a lot to do) .
businesswoman/spokeswoman etc
a woman who has a particular kind of job
::Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher
another woman/the other woman
informal a woman that a man is having a sexual relationship with, even though he is married to someone else
::I'm sure he's got another woman.
be your own woman
to make your own decisions and be in charge of your own life, without depending on anyone else
?PARTNER?
[singular] spoken a word meaning a wife or girlfriend, which many women find offensive
::Did he bring his new woman with him?
-see also kept woman
?FORM OF ADDRESS?
old-fashioned not polite a rude way of speaking to a woman when you are angry, annoyed etc
?SERVANT?
[C] a female servant or person who does cleaning work for you in your house
-see also cleaner cleaner, daily help daily help
-see also old woman , make an honest woman (out) of sb at honest (8), be a woman of the world at world 1 (21)