Frenchwoman

[french-woo m-uh n]

noun, plural French·wom·en.

a woman who is a native or inhabitant of the French nation.

Origin of Frenchwoman

First recorded in 1585–95; French + woman

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Contemporary Examples of frenchwoman

With a bit of prompting from him, I do catch hints of “a Frenchwoman in cheap jasmine perfume, smoking a cigarette.”
NY Museum Stages First ‘Scent’ Exhibit
Blake Gopnik
November 2, 2012
Michel, his son from a prior marriage to a white Frenchwoman, is beaten bloody by a crowd of cheering men waving guns.
Ivory Coast: Let's Stop the Bloodbath
Leymah Gbowee, Carol Mithers
April 15, 2011

Historical Examples of frenchwoman

If I were asked for a concrete illustration of self-respect I should say—the Frenchwoman.
Another Sheaf
John Galsworthy
What is it in the Frenchwoman which makes her so utterly unique?
Another Sheaf
John Galsworthy
She was, as I have said, of about nineteen, and she was not a Frenchwoman.
The Destroyer
Burton Egbert Stevenson
The beauty of the lovely Frenchwoman had already captivated me.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
The uniform of the Frenchwoman was of course a fancy one, but very elegant.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt