3. A female attendant or servant. " By her woman I sent your message." Shak. Woman hater, one who hates women; one who has an aversion to the female sex; a misogynist. Swift.
WOMAN
Wom"an, v. t.
1. To act the part of a woman in; — with indefinite it. Daniel.
2. To make effeminate or womanish. [R.] Shak.
3. To furnish with, or unite to, a woman. [R.] "To have him see me woman'd." Shak.
WOMANHEAD; WOMANHEDE
Wom"an*head, Wom"an*hede, n.
Defn: Womanhood. [Obs.] Chaucer.
WOMANHOOD
Wom"an*hood, n.
1. The state of being a woman; the distinguishing character or qualities of a woman, or of womankind. Unspotted faith, and comely womanhood. Spenser. Perhaps the smile and the tender tone Came out of her pitying womanhood. Tennyson.
2. Women, collectively; womankind.