1. a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II; - Example: "she wrote a book about her harsh experiences as a comfort woman" [syn: comfort woman, ianfu]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
comfort woman
n 1: a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen
during World War II; "she wrote a book about her harsh
experiences as a comfort woman" [syn: comfort woman,
ianfu]