n. Formerly, the side of a British penny on which was the figure of Britannia, the other having the king's head: as “man or woman?”—that is, heads or tails?n. An adult female of the human race; figuratively, the female sex; human females collectively. See lady, 5.n. The qualities which characterize womanhood; tenderness; gentleness; also, when used of a man, effeminacy; weakness.n. A female attendant on a person of rank (used in such a connection as to show the special sense intended).n. A woman experienced in the ways of the world; a woman engrossed in society or fashionable life.To act the part of a woman: with an indefinite it.To cause to act like a woman; subdue to weakness like a woman.To unite to, or accompany by, a woman.To call (a person) “woman” in an abusive way.