noun pl. women wom′en (wim′ən)

1. 1. the female human being
   2. women collectively
2. an adult female human being
3. a female servant
4. 1. Dialectal a wife
   2. a sweetheart or a mistress
5. womanly qualities or characteristics; femininity the woman in her

Etymology: ME wumman < OE wimmann < wifmann < wif, female, wife + mann, human being, man: rounding of vowel due to infl. of the initial w-

adjective

1. of or characteristic of a woman or women; feminine
2. female a woman scientist