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fair sex

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fair sex
n
the. women collectively
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fair sex - women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"; "the fair sex gathered on the veranda"
womanhood, woman
social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class - people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
womankind - women as distinguished from men
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fair sex n (old) (hum) the fair sex → il gentil sesso
fair sex n (old) (hum) the fair sex → il gentil sesso


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It is almost impossible for one of them to write a line on the subject, however kindly he may do so, without being suspected of wishing to open a crusade against the fair sex.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
The group was formed for the most part of the fair sex.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
Time and feeding had expanded that once romantic form; the black silk waistcoat had become more and more developed; inch by inch had the gold watch-chain beneath it disappeared from within the range of Tupman's vision; and gradually had the capacious chin encroached upon the borders of the white cravat: but the soul of Tupman had known no change --admiration of the fair sex was still its ruling passion.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
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