"superwoman" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-superwoman.wav Forms: superwomen [plural]
Etymology: From super- + woman. From 1943's Superwoman, published by DC Comics in 1943. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|super-|woman}} super- + woman Head templates: {{en-noun|superwomen}} superwoman (plural superwomen)
  1. (informal) A woman who looks after a home and children as well as being employed in a full-time job. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Female people, Fictional characters, Parents, Stock characters
    Sense id: en-superwoman-en-noun-1KiCLhBz Disambiguation of Female people: 80 20 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 45 55 Disambiguation of Parents: 88 12 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 60 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with super-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with super-: 67 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 65 10 23 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 6 24 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 84 16
  2. A woman with superhuman powers. Categories (topical): Fictional abilities, Fictional characters
    Sense id: en-superwoman-en-noun-e-5wobho Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 30 70 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: supermom Translations (exceptional woman): অতিমানবী (otimanbi) (Bengali), superžena [feminine] (Czech), superhomino (Esperanto), teräsnainen (Finnish), superfemme [feminine] (French), surfemme [feminine] (French), superwoman (english: anglicism) [feminine] (French), Superfrau [feminine] (German), אשת חיל (eshet khail) [feminine] (Hebrew), スーパーウーマン (sūpāūman) (Japanese), 슈퍼우먼 (syupeoumeon) (Korean), supermujer [feminine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'exceptional woman': 46 54

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