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renaissance woman

renaissance woman is the alternative letter-case form of Renaissance woman.

Noun capitalized: Renaissance woman

Renaissance woman (plural Renaissance women)

  1. (literally) A woman who lived during the Renaissance period.
    • These writers all confirm what has become a cliché about the Renaissance woman as “chaste, silent and obedient” (as the title of Suzanne Hull's bibliography of books for and about Renaissance women has it).1995, Mary Beth Rose, Perspectives on Renaissance Drama, →ISBN, page 35
  2. (figuratively) A woman with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge.

Forms of renaissance woman

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alternative formrenaissance woman

Questions about renaissance woman

What does renaissance woman mean?
Renaissance woman means a woman who lived during the Renaissance period.
What is renaissance woman the alternative letter-case form of?
Renaissance woman is the alternative letter-case form of Renaissance woman.
What part of speech is renaissance woman?
Renaissance woman is a noun.
What is the plural of renaissance woman?
The plural of renaissance woman is renaissance women.

Words near renaissance woman in the dictionary

  1. Renaissance festivals
  2. Renaissance Latin
  3. renaissance man
  4. renaissance men
  5. Renaissance Revival
  6. renaissance woman
  7. renaissance women
  8. renaissances
  9. Renaissancey
  10. renaissancist
  11. renaissancists

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