womenfolk en · NOUN
Etymology
Compound of women + folk.
Meanings
- (plural, plural-only) Women collectively.
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(plural, plural-only) The adult female members of a community.
“Ain’t she a splendid specimen of Southern womanhood?” Rufus asked. “Down yonder, they teach their womenfolks to serve.”
1962, James Baldwin, Another Country, New York, N. Y.: The Dial Press, published January 1963, page 25:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| womenfolks | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (20)
hu asszonynép (women collectively) · ga bantracht (women collectively) · eo virinaro (women collectively) · nb kvinnfolk (women collectively) · fi naisväki (adult female members of a community) · de Frauensleute (women collectively) · tl kababaihan (women collectively) · pt mulherada (women collectively) · da kvindfolk (women collectively) · fi naisväki (women collectively) · nb kvinnfolk (adult female members of a community) · de Weibervolk (women collectively) · nb på spinnesiden (women collectively) · nn kvinnfolk (adult female members of a community) · de Weibsleute (women collectively) · nn kvinnfolk (women collectively) · pl kobiety (adult female members of a community) · es mujerío (women collectively) · pl kobiety (women collectively) · pt mulherio (women collectively)