one-woman

[wuhn-woom-uhn]

adjective

1. used, operated, performed, etc., by one woman.

   a one-woman show.

2. preferring or seeking romantic involvement with one woman only.

   a one-woman man.

Word History and Origins

Origin of one-woman¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Two years before the film’s premiere, Collins originated the role of Shirley Valentine in London for Willy Russell’s one-woman play of the same name.

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Months later she debuted her one-woman show, Politics Isn't For Me, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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Scales appeared in at two major royal roles; as Queen Elizabeth in the BBC production of Alan Bennett's A Question of Attribution, and as Queen Victoria in a one-woman show that she performed 400 times.

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Before reaching its final cinematic form, “Brownsville Bred” first had other iterations: a one-woman stage show, a novel, and a TV pilot doubling as a short film.

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Your one-woman show, “Am I Roxie?,” explores your personal journey as a caretaker for your aging parent, but it also focuses on your artistic aspirations.

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