2. A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan. [U. S.]
WOLVERENE STATE
Wol`ver*ene" State.
Defn: Michigan; — a nickname.
WOLVES
Wolves, n.,
Defn: pl. of Wolf.
WOLVISH
Wolv"ish, a.
Defn: Wolfish. Shak.
WOMAN Wom"an n.; pl. Women. Etym: [OE. woman, womman, wumman, wimman, wifmon, AS. wifmann, wimmann; wif woman, wife + mann a man. See Wife, and Man.]
1. An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person. Women are soft, mild pitiful, and flexible. Shak. And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman. Gen. ii. 22. I have observed among all nations that the women ornament themselves more than the men; that, wherever found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings, inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest. J. Ledyard.
2. The female part of the human race; womankind. Man is destined to be a prey to woman. Thackeray.