n.
1) to deliver a ~ (of a baby)
2) an attractive, beautiful, pretty; average; fat; grown; handsome; middle-aged; old; short; tall; thin; ugly; wise; young ~
3) a divorced; married; single ~
4) a career; professional; self-made; working ~
5) an anchor ~; business~; newspaper~
6) ( AE ) a cleaning ~ ( BE has char~ , char )
7) ( BE ) a lollipop ~ ( AE has crossing guard ) S . ( AE ) enlisted women ( BE has other ranks )
9) the other ~ ('a married man's paramour')
10) ( misc. ) a ~ of letters; a ~ of action; a ~ of the world; the ~ of the year
USAGE NOTE: The terms career ~ and working ~ are becoming old-fashioned. (see also the Usage Note for girl )