woman
         n 1: an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman
               kept house while the man hunted" [syn: {woman}, {adult
               female}] [ant: {adult male}, {man}]
         2: a female person who plays a significant role (wife or
            mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man; "he
            was faithful to his woman" [ant: {man}]
         3: a human female employed to do housework; "the char will clean
            the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day
            while I write" [syn: {charwoman}, {char}, {cleaning woman},
            {cleaning lady}, {woman}]
         4: women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood";
            "woman is the glory of creation"; "the fair sex gathered on
            the veranda" [syn: {womanhood}, {woman}, {fair sex}]

English Dictionary: woman	by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wanion \Wan"ion\, n. [Probably for OE. waniand waning, p. pr. of       wanien; hence, used of the waning of the moon, supposed to be       an unlucky time. See {Wane}.]       A word of uncertain signification, used only in the phrase       with a wanion, apparently equivalent to with a vengeance,       with a plague, or with misfortune. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.       Latimer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wenona \We*no"na\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A sand snake ({Charina plumbea}) of Western North America, of       the family {Erycid[91]}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whimwham \Whim"wham\, n. [Formed from whim by reduplication.]       1. A whimsical thing; an odd device; a trifle; a trinket; a             gimcrack. [R.]                         They'll pull ye all to pieces for your whimwhams.                                                                               --Bear. & Fl.          2. A whim, or whimsey; a freak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woman \Wom"an\, n.; pl. {Women}. [OE. woman, womman, wumman,       wimman, wifmon, AS. w[c6]fmann, w[c6]mmann; w[c6]f woman,       wife + mann a man. See {Wife}, and {Man}.]       1. An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as             distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female             person.                         Women are soft, mild pitiful, and flexible. --Shak.                         And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man,                      made he a woman.                                 --Gen. ii. 22.                         I have observed among all nations that the women                      ornament themselves more than the men; that,                      wherever found, they are the same kind, civil,                      obliging, humane, tender beings, inclined to be gay                      and cheerful, timorous and modest.      --J. Ledyard.          2. The female part of the human race; womankind.                         Man is destined to be a prey to woman. --Thackeray.          3. A female attendant or servant. [bd] By her woman I sent             your message.[b8] --Shak.          {Woman hater}, one who hates women; one who has an aversion             to the female sex; a misogynist. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woman \Wom"an\, v. t.       1. To act the part of a woman in; -- with indefinite it.             --Daniel.          2. To make effeminate or womanish. [R.] --Shak.          3. To furnish with, or unite to, a woman. [R.] [bd]To have             him see me woman'd.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woman \Wom"an\, n.; pl. {Women}. [OE. woman, womman, wumman,       wimman, wifmon, AS. w[c6]fmann, w[c6]mmann; w[c6]f woman,       wife + mann a man. See {Wife}, and {Man}.]       1. An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as             distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female             person.                         Women are soft, mild pitiful, and flexible. --Shak.                         And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man,                      made he a woman.                                 --Gen. ii. 22.                         I have observed among all nations that the women                      ornament themselves more than the men; that,                      wherever found, they are the same kind, civil,                      obliging, humane, tender beings, inclined to be gay                      and cheerful, timorous and modest.      --J. Ledyard.          2. The female part of the human race; womankind.                         Man is destined to be a prey to woman. --Thackeray.          3. A female attendant or servant. [bd] By her woman I sent             your message.[b8] --Shak.          {Woman hater}, one who hates women; one who has an aversion             to the female sex; a misogynist. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Women \Wom"en\, n.,       pl. of {Woman}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beadswoman \Beads"wom`an\, Bedeswoman \Bedes"wom`an\, n.; pl.       {-women}.       Fem. of {Beadsman}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Herdswoman \Herds"wom`an\, n.; pl. -{women}.       A woman who tends a herd. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woman \Wom"an\, n.; pl. {Women}. [OE. woman, womman, wumman,       wimman, wifmon, AS. w[c6]fmann, w[c6]mmann; w[c6]f woman,       wife + mann a man. See {Wife}, and {Man}.]       1. An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as             distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female             person.                         Women are soft, mild pitiful, and flexible. --Shak.                         And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man,                      made he a woman.                                 --Gen. ii. 22.                         I have observed among all nations that the women                      ornament themselves more than the men; that,                      wherever found, they are the same kind, civil,                      obliging, humane, tender beings, inclined to be gay                      and cheerful, timorous and modest.      --J. Ledyard.          2. The female part of the human race; womankind.                         Man is destined to be a prey to woman. --Thackeray.          3. A female attendant or servant. [bd] By her woman I sent             your message.[b8] --Shak.          {Woman hater}, one who hates women; one who has an aversion             to the female sex; a misogynist. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Women \Wom"en\, n.,       pl. of {Woman}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beadswoman \Beads"wom`an\, Bedeswoman \Bedes"wom`an\, n.; pl.       {-women}.       Fem. of {Beadsman}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Herdswoman \Herds"wom`an\, n.; pl. -{women}.       A woman who tends a herd. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woman \Wom"an\, n.; pl. {Women}. [OE. woman, womman, wumman,       wimman, wifmon, AS. w[c6]fmann, w[c6]mmann; w[c6]f woman,       wife + mann a man. See {Wife}, and {Man}.]       1. An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as             distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female             person.                         Women are soft, mild pitiful, and flexible. --Shak.                         And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man,                      made he a woman.                                 --Gen. ii. 22.                         I have observed among all nations that the women                      ornament themselves more than the men; that,                      wherever found, they are the same kind, civil,                      obliging, humane, tender beings, inclined to be gay                      and cheerful, timorous and modest.      --J. Ledyard.          2. The female part of the human race; womankind.                         Man is destined to be a prey to woman. --Thackeray.          3. A female attendant or servant. [bd] By her woman I sent             your message.[b8] --Shak.          {Woman hater}, one who hates women; one who has an aversion             to the female sex; a misogynist. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Women \Wom"en\, n.,       pl. of {Woman}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beadswoman \Beads"wom`an\, Bedeswoman \Bedes"wom`an\, n.; pl.       {-women}.       Fem. of {Beadsman}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Herdswoman \Herds"wom`an\, n.; pl. -{women}.       A woman who tends a herd. --Sir W. Scott.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wenham, MA       Zip code(s): 01984
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wenona, IL (city, FIPS 79813)       Location: 41.05305 N, 89.05334 W       Population (1990): 950 (440 housing units)       Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 61377    Wenona, MD       Zip code(s): 21870
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wenonah, IL (village, FIPS 79826)       Location: 39.32014 N, 89.28929 W       Population (1990): 40 (19 housing units)       Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Wenonah, NJ (borough, FIPS 78110)       Location: 39.79170 N, 75.14853 W       Population (1990): 2331 (837 housing units)       Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 08090
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wimauma, FL (CDP, FIPS 78025)       Location: 27.71308 N, 82.30665 W       Population (1990): 2932 (861 housing units)       Area: 7.5 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 33598
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Winona, KS (city, FIPS 80075)       Location: 39.06163 N, 101.24456 W       Population (1990): 194 (109 housing units)       Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 67764    Winona, MN (city, FIPS 71032)       Location: 44.04778 N, 91.65714 W       Population (1990): 25399 (9682 housing units)       Area: 30.7 sq km (land), 5.4 sq km (water)    Winona, MO (city, FIPS 80512)       Location: 37.00634 N, 91.33205 W       Population (1990): 1081 (457 housing units)       Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 65588    Winona, MS (city, FIPS 80760)       Location: 33.48945 N, 89.72605 W       Population (1990): 5705 (2269 housing units)       Area: 31.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 38967    Winona, TX (town, FIPS 79828)       Location: 32.49069 N, 95.17088 W       Population (1990): 457 (189 housing units)       Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 75792
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wynona, OK (town, FIPS 82450)       Location: 36.54551 N, 96.32567 W       Population (1990): 531 (250 housing units)       Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 74084
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
win win excl.   Expresses pleasure at a {win}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
woman          A replacement for the {Unix} {man} {documentation}       browsing command.   Version 1.157 of woman runs under/on       {386BSD}, {OSF}, {Apollo} {Domain/OS}, {BSD}, {HP-UX}, {IBM}       {RS-6000}, {Irix}, {Linux}, {Solaris}, {Sony} {NEWS}, {SunOS},       {Ultrix}, {Unicos}.          Posted to comp.sources.reviewed Volume 3, Issue 50 on 05 Jul       1993 by Arne Henrik Juul , archive-name       woman-1.157.          {FTP USC, USA       (ftp://usc.edu/archive/usenet/sources/comp.sources.reviewed/volume3/woman-1.157/)}.       {FTP Imperial, UK       (ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/comp.sources.reviewed/volume3/woman-1.157/)}.          (1995-03-21)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Woman       was "taken out of man" (Gen. 2:23), and therefore the man has       the preeminence. "The head of the woman is the man;" but yet       honour is to be shown to the wife, "as unto the weaker vessel"       (1 Cor. 11:3, 8, 9; 1 Pet. 3:7). Several women are mentioned in       Scripture as having been endowed with prophetic gifts, as Miriam       (Ex. 15:20), Deborah (Judg. 4:4, 5), Huldah (2 Kings 22:14),       Noadiah (Neh. 6:14), Anna (Luke 2:36, 37), and the daughters of       Philip the evangelist (Acts 21:8, 9). Women are forbidden to       teach publicly (1 Cor. 14:34, 35; 1 Tim. 2:11, 12). Among the       Hebrews it devolved upon women to prepare the meals for the       household (Gen. 18:6; 2 Sam. 13:8), to attend to the work of       spinning (Ex. 35:26; Prov. 31:19), and making clothes (1 Sam.       2:19; Prov. 31:21), to bring water from the well (Gen. 24:15; 1       Sam. 9:11), and to care for the flocks (Gen. 29:6; Ex. 2:16).                The word "woman," as used in Matt. 15:28, John 2:4 and 20:13,       15, implies tenderness and courtesy and not disrespect. Only       where revelation is known has woman her due place of honour       assigned to her.