women
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Woman \Wom"an\, n.; pl. Women. [OE. woman, womman, wumman, wimman, wifmon, AS. w[imac]fmann, w[imac]mmann; w[imac]f woman, wife + mann a man. See Wife, and Man.] [1913 Webster]
1.An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person. [1913 Webster]
Women are soft, mild pitiful, and flexible.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman.— Gen. ii. 22.[1913 Webster]
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.[1913 Webster]
2.The female part of the human race; womankind. [1913 Webster]
Man is destined to be a prey to woman.— Thackeray.[1913 Webster]
3.A female attendant or servant. " By her woman I sent your message." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Woman hater, one who hates women; one who has an aversion to the female sex; a misogynist. --Swift. [1913 Webster]