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woman-child

woman-child is the alternative spelling of woman child.

Meaning of woman child

Noun

woman child (plural woman children or women children)

  1. (archaic) A young female human; a girl.
    Antonyms:
    boychild, man child
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) An adult female who is childish or immature.
    • The first statute that gave the father a power of appointing, was the 4 and 5 Philip and Mary, c. 8, which provides, under severe penalties, such as fine and imprisonment for years, against taking any maid, or woman child unmarried, being within the age of sixteen years, out of or from the...1809, William Nicholson, “Guardian by statute, or Testamentary Guardian”, in The British Encyclopedia, or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; […], volume III (E … I), London: Printed by C[harles]...

Forms of woman-child

pluralwoman-children
pluralwomen-children

Questions about woman-child

What is woman-child the alternative spelling of?
Woman-child is the alternative spelling of woman child.

Words near woman-child in the dictionary

  1. woman's room
  2. woman's tongue tree
  3. woman's tongue trees
  4. woman-born-woman
  5. woman-centric
  6. woman-child
  7. woman-children
  8. woman-day
  9. woman-days
  10. woman-fashion
  11. woman-handle

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