All languages combined word senses marked with topical category "Women"
Parent categories: Female, Female people, Feminism, Gender, People, Ideologies, Society, Sociology, Biology, Psychology, Human, Politics, Social sciences, Sciences
Total 114 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.
- Clare (Proper name) [English] A female given name from Latin, more often spelled Claire from the 20th century onward.
- 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 (Adjective) [English] Synonym of Clarissan: Of or relating to the Order of Saint Clare; of or relating to someone named Clarissa.
- 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.
- Clarissine (Adjective) [English] Synonym of Clarissan: of or related to the Order of Saint 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.
- Clarist (Adjective) [English] Synonym of Clarissan: of or related to the Order of Saint 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] 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] A voluptuous woman with a large rotund buttocks and bust.
- 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)
- froe (Noun) [English] A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow.
- giobóg (Noun) [Irish] little bit, handful, snippet
- giobóg (Noun) [Irish] gypsy woman
- giobóg (Noun) [Irish] untidy woman
- 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] Fine, all right, good.
- hotsy-totsy (Adjective) [English] Fancy, sophisticated.
- hotsy-totsy (Noun) [English] An attractive woman, especially one who is the companion of a man.
- 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.
- 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] foolish, silly woman; witch (ugly or unpleasant woman)
- 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 undergoing puerperium; a woman whose uterus is still enlarged from pregnancy.
- 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
- seanbhean (Noun) [Irish] old woman
- seanchailleach (Noun) [Irish] old woman
- sister minoress (Noun) [English] Alternative letter-case form of Sister Minoress.
- streabhóg (Noun) [Irish] impudent woman or girl
- sultaness (Noun) [English] A sultana (female relative of a sultan).
- vaṇṇadāsī (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
- 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 women with nice hips
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