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warwoman en · NOUN

Etymology

From war + -woman.

Meanings

1. A female combatant for war; a female warrior; a female warman.
   • ‘‘Well, warwoman, them words may come back and hant ye, but git along with ye story,’ Mamie directed. 1989, Ruth Wallace Hawkins, Where No Wood Is, Ruth Wallace Hawkins, →ISBN, page 151:
   • Their guards were all warwomen and she had, she believed, a very thin chance of gaining any attention — save perhaps a kind she did not want — from Tathan and Iyt. 1995, Andre Norton, The Memoirs of Lt. Henry Timberlake, W. Morrow, →ISBN, page 36:
   • These chiefs, or headmen, likewise compose the assemblies of the nation, into which the warwomen are admitted. 2007, Henry Timberlake, The Memoirs of Lt. Henry Timberlake, Museum of the Cherokee Indian Press, →ISBN, page 36:

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