fembotn.
/ˈfɛmbɒt/, U.S. /ˈfɛmˌbɑt/ Science Fiction.
A robot resembling a woman in appearance. Also in extended use: a woman characterized as a robot.
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1976 Fresno (Calif.) Bee 24 Oct. (TV Mag.) 22/1 Lindsay Wagner, as Jaimie Sommers, fearfully awaits attack by a ‘fembot’.
1978 M. Daly Gyn/Ecology 17 Fembots titter at themselves when Daddy turns the switch.
2003 Guardian 22 May i. 19/3 She's a Terminator-style fembot sent back in time from a brutal post-apocalypse world.
2004 Toronto Star 14 Dec. d2/2 The other contestants never warmed up to confrontational Jennifer M. She was called a plastic mannequin, a fembot.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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