womenfolk
Americanplural noun
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women collectively
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a group of women, esp the female members of one's family
Etymology
Origin of womenfolk
Example Sentences
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But the womenfolk in town were way ahead of them.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2024
Once the house was spick and span, caring womenfolk would also ensure their husbands were comfortable and well-supplied with smoking paraphernalia and slippers.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2018
But whatever the reason, he suspects that Evie is at the center of the magical pandemic that’s shipping all the womenfolk off to the Land of Nod.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 18, 2017
Oh, womenfolk, as we once burned our bras could we not torch the footwear crucifying us?
From The New Yorker ● May 16, 2016
On the threshold stood Matthew Wood, staring from his awful height at the littered room, the gowns tumbled over chairs and benches, and the guilty faces of his womenfolk.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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