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womanpower en · NOUN

Etymology

From woman + power, modelled on earlier manpower.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The female workforce; the number of available female workers.
    • La Dame Blanche's three male leaders, fearing capture, deportation, or both, wanted a service that could run entirely on womanpower if necessary. 2003, Tammy M. Proctor, Female Intelligence, New York University Press, page 77: