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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.
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Herdswoman Herds"wom`an, n.; pl. -women. A woman who tends a herd. --Sir W. Scott.

Meaning of women from wikipedia

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- 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...
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