woman
♦♦♦ wom|an /w'ʊmən/ (women)
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A woman is an adult female human being.
...a young Lithuanian woman named Dayva.
...men and women over 75 years old.
...a woman doctor.
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You can refer to women in general as woman.
...the oppression of woman.
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see also career woman
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woman of the world: see worldca|reer wom|an (career women)
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A career woman is a woman with a career who is interested in working and progressing in her job, rather than staying at home looking after the house and children.clean|ing wom|an (cleaning women)
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A cleaning woman is the same as a cleaning lady.old wom|an (old women)
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If you refer to someone, especially a man, as an old woman, you are critical of them because you think they are too anxious about things. (INFORMAL)stunt wom|an (stunt women)
also stuntwoman
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A stunt woman is a woman whose job is to do dangerous things, either for publicity, or in a film instead of an actor so that the actor does not risk being injured.
1 [N-COUNT]
A woman is an adult female human being.
...a young Lithuanian woman named Dayva.
...men and women over 75 years old.
...a woman doctor.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
You can refer to women in general as woman.
...the oppression of woman.
3
see also career woman
4
woman of the world: see worldca|reer wom|an (career women)
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A career woman is a woman with a career who is interested in working and progressing in her job, rather than staying at home looking after the house and children.clean|ing wom|an (cleaning women)
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A cleaning woman is the same as a cleaning lady.old wom|an (old women)
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If you refer to someone, especially a man, as an old woman, you are critical of them because you think they are too anxious about things. (INFORMAL)stunt wom|an (stunt women)
also stuntwoman
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A stunt woman is a woman whose job is to do dangerous things, either for publicity, or in a film instead of an actor so that the actor does not risk being injured.