noun
women as a class
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it's an insult to American womanhood
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woman is the glory of creation
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the fair sex gathered on the veranda
• Hypernyms: ↑class, ↑stratum, ↑social class, ↑socio-economic class
• Member Holonyms: ↑womankind
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women collectively.
[1680-90]
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fair sex,
women.
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noun
the fair sex (also the fairer sex)
old-fashioned
— used to refer to all women as a group
a member of the fair sex
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the ˌfair ˈsex f21 [fair sex] (also the ˌfairer ˈsex) noun singular + singular or plural verb (old-fashioned)
women
See also: ↑fairer sex
Useful english dictionary. 2012.