woman

noun [C]

/ˈwʊm·ən/ /ˈwʌm-/ (plural women /ˈwɪm·ən/)

Definition

› an adult female human being: Our chief of police is a woman, and our mayor is a woman, too. She is an active, elderly woman. More men than women suffer from high blood pressure.

(Definition of woman noun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that they are not worth having

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