noun.
Formerly, the side of a British penny on which was the figure of Britannia, the other having the king's head: as “man or woman?”—that is, heads or tails?
To act the part of a woman: with an indefinite it.
To cause to act like a woman; subdue to weakness like a woman.
To unite to, or accompany by, a woman.
To call (a person) “woman” in an abusive way.
noun.
An adult female of the human race; figuratively, the female sex; human females collectively. See lady, 5.
noun.
The qualities which characterize womanhood; tenderness; gentleness; also, when used of a man, effeminacy; weakness.
noun.
A female attendant on a person of rank (used in such a connection as to show the special sense intended).
noun.
A woman experienced in the ways of the world; a woman engrossed in society or fashionable life.