one-woman
[wuhn-woo m-uh n]
- used, operated, performed, etc., by one woman: a one-woman show.
- preferring or seeking romantic involvement with one woman only: a one-woman man.
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Origin of one-woman
First recorded in 1890–95
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Contemporary Examples
But far more interesting than any past romances are her one-woman fact-finding missions.
It was also the setting of a one-woman slave revolt that serves as a symbol of the anti-slavery movement on the island.
To make up for the lost years, she has done a variety of TV shows, movie voiceovers and one-woman concert tours.
Rita Moreno, SAG Life Achievement Award Winner, Talks Brando, Elvis And West Side StorySandra McElwaine
January 15, 2014
As a matter of fact, when I was doing my one-woman show, they found it.
‘20 Feet From Stardom’: Judith Hill, Darlene Love, and Lisa Fischer Star in the Oscar-Shortlisted DocumentaryKevin Fallon
January 10, 2014
Praise also to Holland Taylor, who, at age 70, wrote and stars in Ann, the one-woman play about the late governor Ann Richards.
Historical Examples
I'm a one-woman man, Kate; but loving one is giving me eyes for all.
The ManxmanHall Caine
I guess to me such scars are tribal insignia—one-man and one-woman tribes of course.
The Night of the Long KnivesFritz Reuter Leiber
But in no way could Jerry utter these names in address of the one-man nor the many names in address of the one-woman.
Jerry of the IslandsJack London