woman
女人
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plural wom·en [wim-in]. /ˈwɪm ɪn/.
- : an adult female person.Compare man, girl.
- : a female employee or representative: A woman from the real estate agency called.
- : Informal. a wife.a female lover or sweetheart.
- : Older Use:Usually Offensive. a female employee who cleans a house, cooks, etc.; housekeeper: My woman won't be here till next Tuesday.
- : a female attendant to a lady of rank: Your woman informed us of your travel plans.
- : the nature, characteristics, or feelings often attributed to women; womanliness: He has always loved and admired the woman in her.
- : women collectively: Woman is no longer subordinate to man.
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- : to put into the company of a woman.
- : to equip or staff with women.
- : Obsolete. to cause to act or yield like a woman.
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- : of women; womanly.
- : female: a woman plumber.
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Many women have borne the brunt of care work during the pandemic in ways that impact their work.
I know there are more women who have been employed and minorities than ever before.
More news below, including Citigroup’s decision to name Jane Fraser its next CEO—the first woman to head a major Wall Street bank.
Twelve of the top 100 films were directed by woman, four times the number of 2007 and more than twice the five films of 2018.
That article described the woman involved in the encounter with Mallott with sufficient detail to identify her as Jody Potts.
A fourth suspect, a 26-year-old woman named Hayat Boumeddiene, remains at large.
In 2009, a Pakistani Christian woman got into a religious argument with some Muslim women with whom she was harvesting berries.
It is the summit of human happiness: the surrender of man to God, of woman to man, of several women to the same man.
While 19 percent of the House is female, just one woman will get to chair one of its 20 committees.
Instead, the man and woman in the truck wanted to know where the crash site was and whether would I show them.
She was also supposed to be the original or model of “the Virtuous Woman” therein portrayed!
The aged woman made no reply; her eyes still studied Ramona's face, and she still held her hand.
There are three things a wise man will not trust: the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and woman's plighted faith.
I find myself chained to the foot of a woman, my noble Cornelia would despise!
Woman is mistress of the art of completely embittering the life of the person on whom she depends.