<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Also called bedmate.</li><li>An adult female person.</li><li>Compare man (def 1), girl (def 1).</li><li>A female employee or representative: A woman from the real estate agency called.</li><li>Informal. a wife.</li><li>A female lover or sweetheart.</li><li>Older Use: Usually Offensive. a female employee who cleans a house, cooks, etc.; housekeeper.</li><li>(In historical use) a female attendant to a lady of rank: Your woman informed us of your travel plans.</li><li>The nature, characteristics, or feelings often attributed to women; womanliness: He has always loved and admired the woman in her.</li><li>Women collectively: Woman is no longer subordinate to man.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>To put into the company of a woman.</li><li>To equip or staff with women.</li><li>Obsolete. to cause to act or yield like a woman.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Of women; womanly.</li><li>Female: a woman plumber.</li></ul>