"womyn" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: womyn [plural], wymyn [plural]
Etymology: From woman and women; respelled so as not to contain the word man/men. Compare myn. Etymology templates: {{m|en|woman}} woman, {{m|en|women}} women, {{m|en|man}} man, {{m|en|men}} men, {{m|en|myn}} myn Head templates: {{en-noun|womyn|wymyn}} womyn (plural womyn or wymyn)
  1. (rare) Feminist spelling of woman. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Feminism
    Sense id: en-womyn-en-noun-kJUvO7mu Disambiguation of Feminism: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 51
  2. (rare, nonstandard) Feminist spelling of women. Tags: nonstandard, rare Categories (topical): Feminism
    Sense id: en-womyn-en-noun-LTgQSNbL Disambiguation of Feminism: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: trans womyn, womyn-born-womyn, womynhood, womynkind, womynly, womyn's land Related terms: humyn, myn, wombyn, womon

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