comfort woman
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of comfort woman
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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Similar fights over memorials to the ‘comfort women’ have played out elsewhere, including Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times
Similar fights over memorials to the comfort women have played out elsewhere — including Southern California — but the dispute has special resonance in Germany, with its own travails in coming to terms with an ugly history.
From Los Angeles Times
One of the last surviving comfort women, Lee Yong-soo, 95, attended the November court judgment.
From Washington Times
The team is led by theologians and faith leaders - among them, a Presbyterian and a Lutheran pastor - who listen and comfort women who struggle to reconcile their faith with their decision to get an abortion.
From Washington Times
The team is led by theologians and faith leaders — among them, a Presbyterian and a Lutheran pastor — who listen and comfort women who struggle to reconcile their faith with their decision to get an abortion.
From Seattle Times
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