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