"wimmin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Eye dialect, also used as a feminist spelling of the word women in order to deliberately exclude the word men, which is synchronically a component of women. Etymology templates: {{m|en|men}} men, {{m|en|women#Etymology}} women Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} wimmin
  1. Eye dialect spelling of women. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: women
    Sense id: en-wimmin-en-noun-oLrRTXZ7 Categories (other): English eye dialect, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 80 20 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 74 26
  2. Feminist spelling of women. Categories (topical): Feminism
    Sense id: en-wimmin-en-noun-LTgQSNbL Disambiguation of Feminism: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wimmen [pronunciation-spelling], wymyn, womyn (english: feminist spelling)

Alternative forms

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