womenfolk

American  

[wim-in-fohk] / ˈwɪm ɪnˌfoʊk /

Or womenfolks

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. women in general; all women.

2. a particular group of women.

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womenfolk British  

/ ˈwɪmɪnˌfəʊk /

plural noun

1. women collectively

2. a group of women, esp the female members of one's family

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Etymology

Origin of womenfolk

First recorded in 1825–35; women + folk

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

womenfolk

But the womenfolk in town were way ahead of them.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2024

We’d celebrated the holiday in the manly way: dad in his jacket and tie and me in an itchy sweater, accompanying the womenfolk to church.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022

"We had grown up having buffaloes in our cattle pen and had watched the womenfolk condense leftover milk over a low flame. What he didn't know was the exact recipe, the spices."

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2017

Oh, womenfolk, as we once burned our bras could we not torch the footwear crucifying us?

From The New Yorker ● May 16, 2016

But it touched her that he had found his way to serve the underground after all—taking care of its womenfolk.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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