wom·an /ˈwʊmən/
1. an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
synset: woman, adult_female
2. a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man; "he was faithful to his woman"
synset: woman
3. a human female employed to do housework; "the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write"
synset: charwoman, char, cleaning_woman, cleaning_lady, woman
4. women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"; "the fair sex gathered on the veranda"
synset: womanhood, woman, fair_sex
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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