Definition of "woman" in English

noun

1. An adult female human.

2. (collective) All female humans collectively; womankind.

3. A female person, usually an adult: a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.

4. A wife (or sometimes a fiancée or girlfriend).

   • And then, when he lies with his woman, the man may concurrently be with God, and so get increase of his soul.

5. A female person who is extremely fond of or devoted to a specified type of thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)

6. A female attendant or servant.

verb

1. To staff with female labor.

2. (transitive) To make effeminate or womanish.

3. (transitive) To furnish with, or unite to, a woman.

4. (transitive) To call (a person) "woman" in a disrespectful fashion.