womanhood Definition

woman
noun women

1. An adult human female. Opposite of man.

Thesaurus: female, lady, girl, mother, daughter, sister, wife.
2. Women generally; the female sex.

Thesaurus: womankind, womanhood, womenfolk, sisterhood.
3a. A woman associated with a specified activity;

Example: policewoman
Example: markswoman
3b. A woman who is a native of a specified country or place.

Example: Irishwoman
4. One's wife or girlfriend.
5. derog
A man who displays characteristics considered more typical of a woman.
6. Feminine instincts.

Form: the woman
7. old use
A female servant or domestic daily help.
8. old use
A female attendant to a queen, etc.

adj

1. Female.

Example: a woman doctor

Derivative: womanhood
noun

Derivative: womanlike
adj

Idiom: kept woman

A mistress.

Idiom: the little woman

patronizing
One's wife.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon wifman, from wif wife + man human being.