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fairer sex

fairer sex is the alternative form of fair sex.

Meaning of fair sex

Noun

the fair sex

  1. (dated, idiomatic, offensive, sometimes) Women collectively.
    • The younger Gentry, or Dons, to express their Gallantry, carry about them Egg-shells, fill'd with Orange or other sweet Water, which they cast at Ladies in their Coaches, or such other of the fair Sex as they happen to meet in the Streets.1728, Daniel Defoe, chapter 8, in Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton
    Synonyms:
    gentle sex
    Antonyms:
    stern sex

Questions about fairer sex

What is fairer sex the alternative form of?
Fairer sex is the alternative form of fair sex.

Words near fairer sex in the dictionary

  1. faire
  2. faired
  3. faired off
  4. faired up
  5. fairer
  6. fairer sex
  7. fairer-haired
  8. fairer-skinned
  9. faires
  10. fairest
  11. fairest-haired

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