clubwoman

American  

[kluhb-woom-uhn] / ˈklʌbˌwʊm ən /

noun

plural

clubwomen

1. a woman who engages in club activities, especially one prominent in social or civic organizations.

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clubwoman British  

/ ˈklʌbˌwʊmən /

noun

1. a woman who is an enthusiastic member of a club or clubs

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Etymology

Origin of clubwoman

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95; club + -woman

Example Sentences

Her mother was a tireless clubwoman who kept insisting that Elizabeth “do something” for the war effort but, with a baby on the way, Elizabeth felt she was doing plenty.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 10, 2018

In full possession of the center was a counselor, Dorothy Meeker Holmes, wife of a school superintendent, mother of two, clubwoman, civic worker.

From Time Magazine Archive

She became a compulsive eater, and over the years puffed herself up into a caricature of the professional clubwoman.

From Time Magazine Archive

Helen Hokinson was the recording secretary of the clubwoman, the gentle, penetrating chronicler of the upper-middle-class matron.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mrs. Hutchinson seems to have been New England's first clubwoman.

From The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees by Crawford, Mary Caroline