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Matronhood — Ma tron*hood, n. The state of being a matron. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
matronhood — index coverture Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
matronhood — ma·tron·hood … English syllables
matronhood — ˈmā.trənˌhu̇d noun : the quality or state of being a matron … Useful english dictionary
matron — matronal /may treuh nl, ma /, adj. matronhood, matronship, n. /may treuhn/, n. 1. a married woman, esp. one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position. 2. a woman who has charge of the domestic affairs of a… … Universalium
coverture — cov·er·ture / kə vər ˌchu̇r, chər/ n [Anglo French, literally, shelter, covering, from Old French, from covert, past participle of covrir to cover]: the inclusion of a woman in the legal person of her husband upon marriage under common law ◇… … Law dictionary
womanhood — Synonyms and related words: adulthood, adultness, age of consent, distaff side, driving age, fair sex, female sex, femaleness, feminacy, feminality, femineity, feminineness, femininity, flower of age, full age, full bloom, full growth,… … Moby Thesaurus
female — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) The female sex Nouns 1. female, womankind, womanhood, femininity, muliebrity; fair sex, weaker sex; feminist, suffragist (see choice); women s liberation or movement, feminism, NOW; mommy track. See… … English dictionary for students
womanhood — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The state of being a woman] Syn. adulthood, maturity, majority, womanliness, sexual prime, nubility, marriageable age, maidenhood, matronhood, spinsterhood, muliebrity, puberty. 2. [Womankind] Syn. the fair sex, womenfolk,… … English dictionary for students
Woman — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Woman >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 woman woman she her female petticoat GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 feminality feminality muliebrity Sgm: N 2 womanhood womanhood &c.(adolescence) 131 … English dictionary for students
