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femalist

femalist noun: someone who courts or pursues the female sex; a womanizer.

Noun

femalist (plural femalists)

  1. (rare) Someone who courts or pursues the female sex; a womanizer.
    • Beauty can turn the rugged face of War / And make him smile upon delightful Peace, / Courting her smoothly like a femalist.1613, John Marston, William Barksted, The Insatiate Countess, IV.2

Forms of femalist

pluralfemalists

Origin of femalist

From female + -ist.

Questions about femalist

What does femalist mean?
Femalist means someone who courts or pursues the female sex; a womanizer.
What part of speech is femalist?
Femalist is a noun.
What is the plural of femalist?
The plural of femalist is femalists.

Words near femalist in the dictionary

  1. females
  2. femalest
  3. femalia
  4. femalish
  5. femalism
  6. femalist
  7. femalists
  8. femalities
  9. femality
  10. femalization
  11. femalizations

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