womanhood : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: womanhood	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for womanhood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
womanhood n the state of being an adult woman [syn: womanhood, muliebrity] women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"; "the fair sex gathered on the veranda" Synonym(s): womanhood, woman, fair sex the status of a woman
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Womanhood \Wom"an*hood\, n. 1. The state of being a woman; the distinguishing character or qualities of a woman, or of womankind. Unspotted faith, and comely womanhood. --Spenser. Perhaps the smile and the tender tone Came out of her pitying womanhood. --Tennyson. 2. Women, collectively; womankind.