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woodwomen

woodwomen is the plural of woodwoman.

Meaning of woodwoman

Noun

woodwoman (plural woodwomen)

  1. A female elf, nature spirit, or the like, that inhabits the woods.
    • In the story of Balderus and Hotherus in Saxo Grammaticus, which tells in a form more nearly resembling the form of mediæval legends the history of the death of Balder, we meet with some wood-women in a transition state between Valkyriur and witches.1882, Charles Francis Keary, Outlines of Primitive Belief Among the Indo-European Races, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 510

Questions about woodwomen

What is woodwomen the plural of?
Woodwomen is the plural of woodwoman.

Words near woodwomen in the dictionary

  1. woodwindist
  2. woodwindists
  3. woodwinds
  4. woodwise
  5. woodwoman
  6. woodwomen
  7. woodwool
  8. woodwork
  9. woodworked
  10. woodworker
  11. woodworker's lung

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