English 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 68 word senses
- Aunt Jane (Noun) A black woman who is obsequiously servile to white authority, a black female race traitor.
- Aunt Jemima (Noun) A black woman who is obsequiously servile to white authority, a black female race traitor.
- Aunt Thomasina (Noun) A black woman who is obsequiously servile to white authority, a black female race traitor.
- Capuchiness (Noun) A member of the Capuchin Poor Clares, a Catholic religious order for women.
- Clare (Proper name) A district municipality in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada, named after County Clare.
- Clare (Proper name) 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) A female given name from Latin, more often spelled Claire from the 20th century onward.
- Clarissa (Proper name) A female given name from Latin or Italian.
- Clarissa (Noun) Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
- Clarissan (Noun) Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
- Clarisse (Noun) 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) Synonym of Clarissan: Of or relating to the Order of Saint Clare; of or relating to someone named Clarissa.
- Clarissian (Noun) Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
- Clarissine (Noun) 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) Synonym of Clarissan: of or related to the Order of Saint Clare.
- Clarist (Noun) 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) Synonym of Clarissan: of or related to the Order of Saint Clare.
- Minoress (Noun) Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
- New Woman (Noun) An educated, independent feminist of the late 19th century.
- Poor Clare (Noun) A nun of the Poor Clares, a member of the Order of Saint Clare.
- Poor Lady (Noun) Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
- Sapphire (Proper name) A female given name from English from the precious stone.
- Sister Minor (Noun) Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
- Sister Minoress (Noun) Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
- Stepford wife (Noun) 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) 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) Initialism of woman of color or women of color.
- Xanthippe (Noun) An ill-tempered woman.
- Zephyrette (Noun) A lightweight print fabric used for women's dresses.
- a woman's work is never done (Proverb) Women generally work long and hard, especially as they often are responsible for housework and care roles in addition to paid work.
- behind every great man is a great woman (Proverb) 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) 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) A man’s achievements are made possible by the support and work of their wife or female partner.
- beldame (Noun) An old woman, particularly an ugly one.
- bluehair (Noun) An elderly person, especially a woman or one viewed as senile, old-fashioned, or out of touch.
- blushing bride (Noun) A bride.
- brick house (Noun) A voluptuous woman with a large rotund buttocks and bust.
- brick house (Noun) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A house or type of construction made of bricks or blocks of masonry.
- clarissa (Noun) Alternative letter-case form of Clarissa: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
- cum dumpster (Noun) A sexually promiscuous person, usually a woman or bottom, who has sexual relations with men who often ejaculate in their body cavities.
- domme (Noun) A female dominant in a BDSM relationship.
- froe (Noun) A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow.
- girls' night out (Noun) A night out for women.; An informal social gathering of women.
- girls' night out (Noun) A night out for women.; An arranged event at a bar or similar venue where only female patrons are allowed.
- glamourpuss (Noun) A glamorous, alluring woman.
- hotsy-totsy (Adjective) Fine, all right, good.
- hotsy-totsy (Adjective) Fancy, sophisticated.
- hotsy-totsy (Noun) An attractive woman, especially one who is the companion of a man.
- jagabat (Noun) A sexually promiscuous woman.
- jamette (Noun) A sexually promiscuous woman.
- kadin (Noun) A woman of a sultan's harem
- korephile (Noun) A woman or older female who is erotically attracted toward young (chiefly pre- and/or peripubescent) girls; a lesbian pederast.
- like mother, like daughter (Proverb) A daughter takes after her mother.
- limmer (Noun) A rogue; a low, base fellow.
- male impersonator (Noun) A female entertainer who performs cross-dressed as a man.
- minoress (Noun) Alternative letter-case form of Minoress: a Poor Clare.
- one hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen (Proverb) Women have great influence on their male partners or husbands and can have anything done for them.
- puerpera (Noun) A woman undergoing puerperium; a woman whose uterus is still enlarged from pregnancy.
- puerpera (Noun) A woman who has recently given birth.
- quaintrelle (Noun) A woman who is focused on style and leisurely pastimes.
- reply girl (Noun) 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) An Asian girl who dates a non-Asian, especially a white expatriate.
- sister minoress (Noun) Alternative letter-case form of Sister Minoress.
- sultaness (Noun) A sultana (female relative of a sultan).
- weaker sex (Noun) Women; the female gender.
- whisper network (Noun) An informal network of women privately sharing information, typically of people alleged to be sexual harassers, abusers, or rapists.
- wine mom (Noun) A mother who drinks alcohol to relieve the stress associated with parenting.
- women are wonderful effect (Noun) 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.
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