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woman·hood (-ho̵od′)

noun

  1. the state or time of being a woman
  2. womanly qualities; womanliness
  3. women collectively

Etymology: ME womanhode: see -woman & -hood

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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