womannoun
uk/ˈwʊm.ən/us/ˈwʊm.ən/plural women uk/ˈwɪmɪn/usA1 [ C ] an adult female human being:
She's a really nice woman.
A woman and two men were arrested the day after the explosion.
Women first got the vote in Britain in 1918.
She is Ireland's first woman (= female) president.
[ C ] informal a wife or female sexual partner:
Apparently, Jeff has a new woman.
[ U ] women in general:
He is writing a book on the representation of woman in medieval art.
See also
womankind
womenfolk
More examples
- A woman with a clipboard stopped us in the street to ask us some questions.
- Her new film deals with the relationship between a woman and her sick daughter.
- It is an illness which afflicts women more than men.
- In the 1920s, short hair for women became the vogue.
- The painter has managed to capture every nuance of the woman's expression.