"-woman" meaning in English

See -woman in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -women [plural], -man [masculine]
Etymology: From Middle English -woman, from the noun woman. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-woman}} Middle English -woman, {{m|en|woman}} woman Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|plural|-women|masculine|-man}} -woman (plural -women, masculine -man)
  1. A woman who is an expert in an area. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--woman-en-suffix-SfpymHtg
  2. A woman who is employed or holds a position in an area. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--woman-en-suffix--bDPmMqE
  3. A woman who has special characteristics relating to a topic or area. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--woman-en-suffix-Ehkn4rNM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 12 72 7
  4. A woman of a particular nationality. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--woman-en-suffix-lx2CrqyK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: -person

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for -woman meaning in English (1.8kB)

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