Definition of WOMEN. Meaning of WOMEN. Synonyms of WOMEN

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word WOMEN. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word WOMEN and, of course, WOMEN synonyms and on the right images related to the word WOMEN.

Definition of WOMEN

Women
Woman Wom"an, n.; pl. Women. [OE. woman, womman, wumman, wimman, wifmon, AS. w[=i]fmann, w[=i]mmann; w[=i]f woman, wife + mann a man. See Wife, and Man.] 1. An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person. Women are soft, mild pitiful, and flexible. --Shak. And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman. --Gen. ii. 22. I have observed among all nations that the women ornament themselves more than the men; that, wherever found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings, inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest. --J. Ledyard. 2. The female part of the human race; womankind. Man is destined to be a prey to woman. --Thackeray. 3. A female attendant or servant. `` By her woman I sent your message.' --Shak. Woman hater, one who hates women; one who has an aversion to the female sex; a misogynist. --Swift.
Women
Women Wom"en, n., pl. of Woman.
women
Herdswoman Herds"wom`an, n.; pl. -women. A woman who tends a herd. --Sir W. Scott.

Meaning of WOMEN from wikipedia

- as a girl. Typically, women are of the female **** and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and fertile women are capable of pregnancy...
- Comfort women were women and girls forced into ****ual slavery by the Imperial ****anese Armed Forces in occupied countries and territories before and during...
- Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Several instances occurred in recent centuries where women were selectively given, then stripped...
- Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th...
- Women in refrigerators is a literary trope coined by Gail Simone in 1999 describing a trend in fiction which involves female characters facing disproportionate...
- hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women or girls. It is a form of ****ism that can keep women at a lower social status than men, thus maintaining...
- The experiences of Muslim women (Arabic: مسلمات Muslimāt, singular مسلمة Muslimah) vary widely between and within different societies; Often not due to...
- "Why are you Spartan women the only ones who can rule men?" "Because we are also the only ones who give birth to men." Gorgo, Queen of Sparta and wife...
- Woman & Children may refer to: Men, Women & Children (album), debut album by the band with the same name (2006) Men, Women & Children (band), American electropop...
- International Women's Day (IWD) is a holiday celebrated annually on March 8 as a focal point in the women's rights movement. IWD gives focus to issues...