Womanhood

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  • noun. The state or time of being a woman.
  • noun. The composite of qualities thought to be appropriate to or representative of women.
  • noun. Women considered as a group.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Womanly state, character, or qualities; the state of being a woman.
  • noun. Women collectively; womankind.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The state of being a woman; the distinguishing character or qualities of a woman, or of womankind.
  • noun. Women, collectively; womankind.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state of being a woman.
  • noun. All the qualities typical of women.
  • noun. Women considered as a group.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. women as a class
  • noun. the status of a woman
  • noun. the state of being an adult woman
  • Word Usage
    "Not to woman's skillful hands; not to her ready brain; not to the things of her womanhood upon which the world into which she goes alone to labor puts a price has the Master of Life committed this supreme thing; but to her _womanhood_ -- her sex."
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