"weaker vessel" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-weaker vessel.ogg [Australia] Forms: weaker vessels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} weaker vessel (plural weaker vessels)
  1. (idiomatic, dated, now offensive) A woman; women collectively. Tags: dated, idiomatic, offensive Categories (topical): Collectives, Female Related terms: fair sex, weaker sex Translations (a woman; women collectively): гүзәл зат (güzəl zat) (Bashkir), 女性 (nǚxìng) [gender-neutral] (Chinese Mandarin), 婦道人家 (Chinese Mandarin), 妇道人家 (fùdao rénjia) [derogatory] (Chinese Mandarin), heikompi astia (Finnish), le sexe le plus faible (French), vaisseau plus fragile (French), das schwächste Werkzeug (German), il sesso debole [masculine] (Italian), ființa mai slabă [feminine] (Romanian), сла́бый пол (slábyj pol) [masculine] (Russian), немощнейший сосуд (nemoščnejšij sosud) (Russian), det svagare kärlet (Swedish), det svagare könet [neuter] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "a woman; women collectively",
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          "sense": "a woman; women collectively",
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          "sense": "a woman; women collectively",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a woman; women collectively",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǚxìng",
      "sense": "a woman; women collectively",
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      "sense": "a woman; women collectively",
      "word": "婦道人家"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fùdao rénjia",
      "sense": "a woman; women collectively",
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      ],
      "word": "妇道人家"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a woman; women collectively",
      "word": "heikompi astia"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a woman; women collectively",
      "word": "le sexe le plus faible"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a woman; women collectively",
      "word": "vaisseau plus fragile"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a woman; women collectively",
      "word": "das schwächste Werkzeug"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a woman; women collectively",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "il sesso debole"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a woman; women collectively",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ființa mai slabă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slábyj pol",
      "sense": "a woman; women collectively",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сла́бый пол"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nemoščnejšij sosud",
      "sense": "a woman; women collectively",
      "word": "немощнейший сосуд"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a woman; women collectively",
      "word": "det svagare kärlet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a woman; women collectively",
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