Woman
41woman — [OE] A woman is etymologically a ‘wife man’ – that is to say, a ‘female person’. The word was compounded in the Old English period from wīf ‘woman’ (source of modern English wife) and man ‘person’ (source of modern English man). Already by the… …
42woman — wom·an || wÊŠmÉ™n adj. female (e.g.: a woman bus driver; a woman dentist); like a woman, womanly; of woman v. staff with women; make womanish, make effeminate n. adult female; female human being; female spouse (Informal); collective womankind;… …
43woman — [OE] A woman is etymologically a ‘wife man’ – that is to say, a ‘female person’. The word was compounded in the Old English period from wīf ‘woman’ (source of modern English wife) and man ‘person’ (source of modern English man). Already by the… …
44Woman — Was taken out of man (Gen. 2:23), and therefore the man has the preeminence. The head of the woman is the man; but yet honour is to be shown to the wife, as unto the weaker vessel (1 Cor. 11:3, 8, 9; 1 Pet. 3:7). Several women are mentioned in …
45woman — Synonyms and related words: Eve, Frau, adult, better half, common law wife, concubine, dame, daughter of Eve, distaff, distaff side, domina, donna, dowager, doxy, fair sex, female sex, feme, feme covert, femininity, femme, frow, gentlewoman, girl …
46-woman — off cvb aff. use a combining form of woman: chairwoman; forewoman; spokeswoman[/ex] • usage: Compounds ending in woman commonly correspond to the masculine compounds in man: councilman, councilwoman; congressman, congresswoman. The current… …
47woman — In Israel in the early period the man was the absolute ruler of the extended family; if a husband died, the widow was given to the nearest brother of the deceased (Deut. 25:5–10). Women had no powers, could make no decisions, though they could… …
48-woman — [[t] wʊmən[/t]] COMB in ADJ: ADJ n woman combines with numbers to indicate that something involves the number of women mentioned. The Squash Association yesterday selected Sue Wright for its four woman squad …
49-woman — combining form 1》 in nouns denoting a woman of a specified nationality or origin: Englishwoman. 2》 in nouns denoting a woman belonging to a specified group or having a specified occupation or role: laywoman|oarswoman …
50woman — noun 1) a woman got out of the car Syn: lady, girl, female; matron; Scottish lass, lassie; informal chick, girlie, sister, dame, broad, gal; grrrl; literary maid, maiden, damsel; archaic wench, gentlewoman; (women) …
