the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The state of being a woman; the distinguishing character or qualities of a woman, or of womankind.
n. Women, collectively; womankind.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Womanly state, character, or qualities; the state of being a woman.
n. Women collectively; womankind.
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n. women as a class
n. the status of a woman
n. the state of being an adult woman
Word Usage
"Not to woman's skillful hands; not to her ready brain; not to the things of her womanhood upon which the world into which she goes alone to labor puts a price has the Master of Life committed this supreme thing; but to her _womanhood_ -- her sex."