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weaker vessel

weaker vessel noun: a woman; women collectively.

Noun

weaker vessel (plural weaker vessels)

  1. (dated, idiomatic, offensive) A woman; women collectively.
    • Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Peter 3:7
    • Certainly, when Satan first made the Attempt upon Eve, he did not think he should have so easily conquered her. . . . Well might she be said to be the weaker Vessel, tho’ Adam himself had little enough to say for his being the stronger.1727, Daniel Defoe, chapter 8, in The Political History of the Devil

weaker vessel meaning in Bengali

weaker vessel in Bengali

একজন নারী, নারীজাতি

Forms of weaker vessel

pluralweaker vessels

Questions about weaker vessel

What does weaker vessel mean?
Weaker vessel means a woman; women collectively.
What is weaker vessel in Bengali?
Weaker vessel in Bengali is একজন নারী, নারীজাতি. See Weaker vessel meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is weaker vessel?
Weaker vessel is a noun.
What is the plural of weaker vessel?
The plural of weaker vessel is weaker vessels.

Words near weaker vessel in the dictionary

  1. weakens
  2. weakens up
  3. weaker
  4. weaker in the knees
  5. weaker sex
  6. weaker vessel
  7. weaker vessels
  8. weakest
  9. weakest in the knees
  10. weakest link
  11. weakest links

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