All languages combined word senses marked with topical category "Women"

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Total 115 word senses

• Aunt Jane (Noun) [English] A black woman who is obsequiously servile to white authority, a black female race traitor.
• Aunt Jemima (Noun) [English] A black woman who is obsequiously servile to white authority, a black female race traitor.
• Aunt Thomasina (Noun) [English] A black woman who is obsequiously servile to white authority, a black female race traitor.
• Capuchiness (Noun) [English] A member of the Capuchin Poor Clares, a Catholic religious order for women.
• Clare (Proper name) [English] A district municipality in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada, named after County Clare.
• Clare (Proper name) [English] A number of places in the United States, likely to be named after County Clare:; A city mostly in Clare County, Michigan; after its county and County Clare.
• Clarissa (Proper name) [English] A female given name from Latin or Italian.
• Clarissa (Noun) [English] Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
• Clarissan (Noun) [English] Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
• Clarisse (Noun) [English] Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare, sometimes particularly such a nun who followed the original rules of Saint Clare of Assisi.
• Clarissian (Noun) [English] Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
• Clarissine (Noun) [English] Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare, sometimes particularly one who follows or advocates the original precepts established by St Clare.
• Clarist (Noun) [English] Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare, sometimes particularly one who follows or advocates the original precepts established by St Clare.
• Medb (Proper name) [Middle Irish] a female given name, equivalent to English Maeve, born notably by the queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle
• Minoress (Noun) [English] Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
• New Woman (Noun) [English] An educated, independent feminist of the late 19th century.
• Poor Clare (Noun) [English] A nun of the Poor Clares, a member of the Order of Saint Clare.
• Poor Lady (Noun) [English] Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
• Sapphire (Proper name) [English] A female given name from English from the precious stone.
• Sister Minor (Noun) [English] Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
• Sister Minoress (Noun) [English] Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
• Stepford wife (Noun) [English] A woman who unquestioningly submits to and serves her male partner, and/or does not seem to have interests, wishes, or pursuits of her own.
• Urbanist (Noun) [English] A Poor Clare who follows or advocates the use of revised codes of conduct in place of the original precepts established by Saint Clare.
• WOC (Noun) [English] Initialism of woman of color or women of color.
• Xanthippe (Noun) [English] An ill-tempered woman.
• Zephyrette (Noun) [English] An on-board hostess on the California Zephyr train, which originally operated between 1949 and 1970.
• Zephyrette (Noun) [English] A lightweight print fabric used for women's dresses.
• a woman's work is never done (Proverb) [English] Women generally work long and hard, especially as they often are responsible for housework and care roles in addition to paid work.
• amlóg (Noun) [Irish] foolish woman
• amlóg (Noun) [Irish] awkward woman
• banríon (Noun) [Irish] queen, (female monarch; wife of a king)
• bean (Pronoun) [Irish] one (of women, girls)
• bean fuála (Noun) [Irish] seamstress, needlewoman
• bean luí (Noun) [Irish] concubine, mistress
• behind every great man is a great woman (Proverb) [English] Synonym of behind every successful man there stands a woman (“men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners”)
• behind every great man there stands a woman (Proverb) [English] Synonym of behind every successful man there stands a woman (“men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners”)
• behind every successful man there stands a woman (Proverb) [English] A man’s achievements are made possible by the support and work of their wife or female partner.
• beldame (Noun) [English] An old woman, particularly an ugly one.
• bluehair (Noun) [English] An elderly person, especially a woman or one viewed as senile, old-fashioned, or out of touch.
• blushing bride (Noun) [English] A bride.
• brick house (Noun) [English] Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A house or type of construction made of bricks or blocks of masonry.
• cearc ghoir (Noun) [Irish] mother hen (overprotective woman)
• clarissa (Noun) [English] Alternative letter-case form of Clarissa: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
• cum dumpster (Noun) [English] A sexually promiscuous person, usually a woman or bottom, who has sexual relations with men who often ejaculate in their body cavities.
• cumal (Noun) [Old Irish] female servant or slave
• cumhal (Noun) [Irish] bondmaid
• cumhal (Noun) [Irish] a unit of account equivalent to the theoretical value of a bondmaid
• cyẅres (Noun) [Welsh] concubine
• domme (Noun) [English] A female dominant in a BDSM relationship.
• dynes (Noun) [Welsh] woman
• eilit (Noun) [Irish] doe, hind (female deer)
• frac (Noun) [Middle Irish] woman
• froe (Noun) [English] A cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from a block of wood.
• froe (Noun) [English] A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow.
• giobóg (Noun) [Irish] little bit, handful, snippet
• girls' night out (Noun) [English] A night out for women.; An informal social gathering of women.
• girls' night out (Noun) [English] A night out for women.; An arranged event at a bar or similar venue where only female patrons are allowed.
• glamourpuss (Noun) [English] A glamorous, alluring woman.
• gordderch (Noun) [Welsh] concubine
• gruag (Noun) [Scottish Gaelic] the hair of the head, especially of a female (used less frequently than falt)
• gwragh (Noun) [Cornish] old woman
• hotsy-totsy (Adjective) [English] Fancy, sophisticated.
• jagabat (Noun) [English] A sexually promiscuous woman.
• jamette (Noun) [English] A sexually promiscuous woman.
• kadin (Noun) [English] A woman of a sultan's harem
• korephile (Noun) [English] A woman or older female who is erotically attracted toward young (chiefly pre- and/or peripubescent) girls; a lesbian pederast.
• li (Noun) [Mokilese] woman
• like mother, like daughter (Proverb) [English] A daughter takes after her mother.
• limmer (Noun) [English] A rogue; a low, base fellow.
• male impersonator (Noun) [English] A female entertainer who performs cross-dressed as a man.
• matrescence (Noun) [English] The process of becoming (and coming to inhabit the role of) a mother.
• menyw (Noun) [Welsh] woman
• menyw (Noun) [Welsh] female (of any species)
• menyw (Adjective) [Welsh] female, feminine
• minoress (Noun) [English] Alternative letter-case form of Minoress: a Poor Clare.
• málóid (Noun) [Irish] whip, scourge
• naisiinpäivä (Noun) [Ingrian] International Women's Day (March 8th)
• naissuku (Noun) [Ingrian] womankind
• noorikko (Noun) [Ingrian] newlywed wife (before getting children)
• one hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen (Proverb) [English] Women have great influence on their male partners or husbands and can have anything done for them.
• puerpera (Noun) [English] A woman who has recently given birth.
• quaintrelle (Noun) [English] A woman who is focused on style and leisurely pastimes.
• reply girl (Noun) [English] A young woman who published video responses to popular YouTube videos, often wearing suggestive clothing, in order to exploit the site's algorithms and receive large amounts of traffic.
• sarong party girl (Noun) [English] An Asian girl who dates a non-Asian, especially a white expatriate.
• saunanain (Noun) [Ingrian] pregnant woman in childbed
• schooldame (Noun) [English] A schoolmistress.
• seanbhean (Noun) [Irish] old woman
• seanchailleach (Noun) [Irish] old woman
• seanchailleach (Noun) [Irish] crone, old hag, old witch
• sister minoress (Noun) [English] Alternative letter-case form of Sister Minoress.
• streabhóg (Noun) [Irish] impudent woman or girl
• sultaness (Noun) [English] A sultana, a wife of a sultan.
• vaṇṇadāsī (Noun) [Pali] prostitute (woman who engages in sexual activity for payment)
• vesiyā (Noun) [Pali] prostitute (woman who engages in sexual activity for payment)
• vesī (Noun) [Pali] prostitute (woman who engages in sexual activity for payment)
• weaker sex (Noun) [English] Women; the female gender.
• whisper network (Noun) [English] An informal network of women privately sharing information, typically of people alleged to be sexual harassers, abusers, or rapists.
• wine mom (Noun) [English] A mother who drinks alcohol to relieve the stress associated with parenting.
• women are wonderful effect (Noun) [English] The phenomenon in psychological and sociological research that people seem to associate more positive attributes with women in general than with men in general, reflecting an emotional bias.
• óinseach (Noun) [Irish] foolish woman
• زنانی (Noun) [Punjabi] a woman, female human
• 𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻 (Noun) [Prakrit] woman
• 𑀯𑁂𑀲𑀺𑀬𑀸 (Noun) [Prakrit] prostitute (woman who engages in sexual activity for payment)
• 𑀯𑁂𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (Noun) [Prakrit] prostitute (woman who engages in sexual activity for payment)
• პირიმზე (Noun) [Georgian] pagan God of sky and hail
• βαΐζω (Noun) [Greek] black woman
• βασίλισσα (Noun) [Greek] queen (ruling female monarch)
• βασίλισσα (Noun) [Greek] queen (reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp)
• βασίλισσα (Noun) [Greek] queen (powerful female figure)
• βασίλισσα (Noun) [Greek] queen
• ਜ਼ਨਾਨੀ (Noun) [Punjabi] a woman, female human
• 여군 (Noun) [Korean] servicewoman
• 할멈 (Noun) [Korean] an old woman
• ווײַב (Noun) [Yiddish] woman
• सुश्रोणी (Noun) [Sanskrit] a woman with nice hips

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