women's

[ wim-inz ]

noun

, plural wom·en's.

1. a range of sizes usually from 38 to 44 for garments that fit larger than average women.
2. a garment in this size range.
3. the department or section of a store where these garments are sold.

Word History and Origins

Origin of women's¹

women + 's ¹

Example Sentences

I doe not know, you that are perfect CrittiquesIn womens bookes, may talke of maydenheads.

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Flashes of red trousers, gray-blue uniforms, brown and black of womens dresses merged into a momentary tapestry.

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I saw her next day in Womens Apparel, and thought her still more amiable.

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The love of handsome exterior personalities is a common delusion of the fair sexand passes in time like other womens diseases.

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Naturally, I suppose womens tastes are not any more likely to be uniform than mens tastes.

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