- an adult female person.
- a female employee or representative: A woman from the real estate agency called.
- Informal.
- a wife.
- a female lover or sweetheart.
- a female employee who cleans a house, cooks, etc.; housekeeper.
- (in historical use) a female attendant to a lady of rank: Your woman informed us of your travel plans.
- the nature, characteristics, or feelings often attributed to women; womanliness: He has always loved and admired the woman in her.
- women collectively: Woman is no longer subordinate to man.
- to put into the company of a woman.
- to equip or staff with women.
- to cause to act or yield like a woman.
- (of females) to be free from restrictions, control, or dictatorial influence; be independent.
- a combining form of woman: chairwoman; forewoman; spokeswoman.
- an adult female human being
- female or feminine
- women collectively; womankind
- feminine nature or feelings
- a female servant or domestic help
- a man considered as having supposed female characteristics, such as meekness or timidity
- a wife, mistress, or girlfriend
- one's wife
- a prostitute
- to provide with women
- to make effeminate
