Woman - Definition
woman
n 1: an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman
kept house while the man hunted" [syn: woman, adult
female] [ant: adult male, man]
2: a female person who plays a significant role (wife or
mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man; "he
was faithful to his woman" [ant: man]
3: a human female employed to do housework; "the char will clean
the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day
while I write" [syn: charwoman, char, cleaning woman,
cleaning lady, woman]
4: women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood";
"woman is the glory of creation"; "the fair sex gathered on
the veranda" [syn: womanhood, woman, fair sex]