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Everywoman, n.
Brit. |ˈɛvrɪˌwʊmən|, U.S. |ˈɛv(ə)riˌwʊmən|
Forms: see every adj. and pron. and woman n. [Also with lower-case initial.]
[‹ every adj. and pron. + woman n., after Everyman n.]
An individual woman who in some way represents or symbolizes all women; (also) the ordinary or typical woman.
1904N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 18 June 414/1 He has an Everywoman. Ann Whitfield, the victorious heroine who so triumphantly incarnates the power of her sex. 1912W. Browne & S. Phillips (title) Everywoman: her pilgrimage in quest of love. 1947Times 6 June 8/4 Its compiler..paraphrases it in modern terms when..he remarks on its [sc.the book's] size that it must go into Everyman's pocket and Everywoman's handbag. 1992N.Y. Rev. Bks. 30 Jan. 18/4 We might somehow find richer satisfactions, not to say transcendences in The Inner Circle if it contained more complicated people than its Everymen and its Everywomen. 2002Book Mar.–Apr. 50/1 Take away all the millions she's earned through her gift, her craft, and she's basically as down-to-earth as she could be... An everywoman. |