Definition of "woman" []

• An adult female human. (noun)
• Women considered as a group; womankind: "Woman feels the invidious distinctions of sex exactly as the black man does those of color” ( Elizabeth Cady Stanton). (noun)
• An adult female human belonging to a specified occupation, group, nationality, or other category. Often used in combination: an Englishwoman; congresswoman; a saleswoman. (noun)
• Feminine quality or aspect; womanliness. (noun)
• A female servant or subordinate. (noun)

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• "In Tibetan both the methods of order and of true case relation may be employed: woman white (i.e., “white woman”) or white-of woman (i.e., “woman of whiteness, woman who is white, white woman”)."
• "She forced her legs to move, creaking, one step at a time, thinking to herself: _The gypsy woman, the gypsy woman, the gypsy woman_ -- and trying to ignore the voices in her head that went on and on:"
• "(_Enter the first woman, with the clay peacock_.) _First woman_."