womenfolk

or wom·en·folks

[ wim-in-fohk ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. women in general; all women.
2. a particular group of women.

womenfolk

/ ˈwɪmɪnˌfəʊk /

plural noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of womenfolk¹

First recorded in 1825–35; women + folk

Example Sentences

Everybody did his best, and the womenfolk especially toiled early and late.

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"So long as they treat their womenfolk like that they'll never rise to anything better," he says emphatically.

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Womenfolk, they've their own art of navigation, and I know more about it than you've any call to do at your age.

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He had not the faintest knowledge what it really was, but he would never have sunk so low as to confess that to his womenfolk.

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He turned his back on the womenfolk and helped himself and Billy to another piece of cake.

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