(women)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is an adult female human being.
...a young Lithuanian ~ named Dayva.
...men and women over 75 years old.
...a ~ doctor.
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2.
You can refer to women in general as ~.
...the oppression of ~.
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3.
see also career ~
4.
~ of the world: see world