clubwoman

[ kluhb-woom-uhn ]

noun

, plural club·wom·en.

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

clubwoman

/ ˈklʌbˌwʊmən /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of clubwoman¹

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

Example Sentences

What, is your mother Mrs. Anna Oldham, the famous clubwoman?

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She had on, her grandmother thought with discouragement, her clubwoman's face.

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It is all very well to treat the puzzled clubwoman as a joke.

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

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