womanless
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a word derived from
woman.
womannounan adult female person.
Example Sentences
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For almost three decades, according to the original version, the Yorkshireman lived womanless, out of reach of the English language.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He resigned himself to being a womanless man for all his life in order to hide the shame of his uselessness.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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The play, a comedy, included a womanless wedding in which all of the participants were men.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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But the messengers came back with their work-women and stuffs early on the morrow; and now was changed all the manner of the womanless castle, and men were full merry therein.
From The Water of the Wondrous Isles by William Morris
It is, however, Biron-Shakespeare, who understands that the real world is built on broader natural foundations than the King's womanless Academe, and therefore predicts the failure of the ascetic experiment.
From The Man Shakespeare by Frank Harris