womanhater
womanhater noun: one who hates women or the female sex; a misogynist.
Noun
womanhater (plural womanhaters)
- One who hates women or the female sex; a misogynist.
- I suppose, the gentleman’s a womanhater; but, Sir, I think you ought to remember, that you had a mother: and pray, if it had not been for a woman, where would you have been, colonel?1738, Jonathan Swift, A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, page 311
- From his insertion of these strictures on women, which are not the most courtly, it has been inferred that he was a womanhater; but that he was not so, appears from some of his prologues, especially from that to the ‘Knight of the Tower.’1828, Life of William Caxton, page 25
- Synonyms:
- misogynist
Synonyms of womanhater
Forms of womanhater
| plural | womanhaters |
|---|---|
| alternative form | woman-hater |
| alternative form | woman hater |
Origin of womanhater
From woman + hater.
Questions about womanhater
- What does womanhater mean?
- Womanhater means one who hates women or the female sex; a misogynist.
- What part of speech is womanhater?
- Womanhater is a noun.
- What is the plural of womanhater?
- The plural of womanhater is womanhaters.
Words near womanhater in the dictionary
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