Hypertext Webster Gateway: "women"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Woman \Wom"an\, n.; pl. {Women}. [OE. woman, womman, wumman,
wimman, wifmon, AS. w[=i]fmann, w[=i]mmann; w[=i]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. `` By her woman I sent your
message.'' --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.

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