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-women

-women is the plural of -woman.

Meaning of -woman

Suffix

-woman (noun-forming suffix, plural -women, masculine -man)

  1. A woman who is an expert in an area.
    • horsewoman, sportswoman
  2. A woman who is employed or holds a position in an area.
    • committeewoman, newswoman, policewoman
  3. A woman who has special characteristics relating to a topic or area.
    • bogeywoman, superwoman
  4. A woman of a particular nationality.
    • Scotswoman, Norsewoman

Origin of -women

From women, plural of woman.

Questions about -women

What is -women the plural of?
-women is the plural of -woman.

Words near -women in the dictionary

  1. -wick
  2. -wide
  3. -wise
  4. -witz
  5. -woman
  6. -women
  7. -work
  8. -worth
  9. -worthy
  10. -x
  11. -x-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -women (page history and authors); -woman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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