- woman
- n.
1) to deliver a woman (of a baby)
2) an attractive, beautiful, pretty; average; fat; grown; handsome; middle-aged; old; short; tall; thin; ugly; wise; young woman
3) a divorced; married; single woman
4) a career; professional; self-made; working woman
5) an anchor woman; businesswoman; newspaperwoman
6) (AE) a cleaning woman (BE has charwoman, char)
7) (BE) a lollipop woman (AE has crossing guard) S. (AE) enlisted women (BE has other ranks)
9) the other woman ('a married man's paramour')
USAGE NOTE: The terms career woman and working woman are becoming old-fashioned. (see also the Usage Note for girl)10) (misc.) a woman of letters; a woman of action; a woman of the world; the woman of the year
* * *['wʊmən]a woman of actiona woman of the worldbusinesswomangrownhandsomemiddle-agednewspaperwomanoldprofessionalself-madesingle womanthinuglyworking womanyoung womanthe woman of the year (USAGE NOTE: The terms career woman and working woman are becoming old-fashioned. (see also the Usage Note for girl))(misc.) a woman of letters(misc.) a woman of lettersa careera divorcedan anchor womanan attractivethe other woman ('a married man's paramour')(BE) a lollipop woman (AE has crossing guard)(AE) a cleaning woman (BE has charwoman, char)(AE) enlisted women (BE has other ranks)to deliver a woman (of a baby)
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.