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women children

women children is the plural 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]...

Questions about women children

What is women children the plural of?
Women children is the plural of woman child.

Words near women children in the dictionary

  1. wombyn
  2. women
  3. women about town
  4. women and children first
  5. women are wonderful effect
  6. women children
  7. women kings
  8. women of easy virtue
  9. women of ill fame
  10. women of ill repute
  11. women of letters

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