The definition of a woman is an adult female human.
(noun)An example of a woman is Michelle Obama.
See woman in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun pl. women
Origin: ME wumman < OE wimmann < wifmann < wif, female, wife + mann, human being, man: rounding of vowel due to infl. of the initial w-
adjective
See woman in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. wom·en (wĭmˈĭn)
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English wimman
Origin: , variant of wīfman
Origin: : wīf, woman; see ghwībh- in Indo-European roots
Origin: + man, person; see man
.Related Forms:
Learn more about woman