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womenfolk

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wom·en·folk  (wmn-fk) also wom·en·folks (-fks)
pl.n.
1. Women considered as a group.
2. The women of a community or family.

womenfolk [ˈwɪmɪnˌfəʊk] sometimes US, womenfolks
pl n
1. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) women collectively
2. (Sociology) a group of women, esp the female members of one's family
Translations
womenfolk [ˈwɪmɪnfəʊk] NPLmujeres fpl
womenfolk [ˈwɪmɪnfəʊk] nplfemmes fpl
women's group ngroupe m de femmes
Women's Lib [ˌwɪmɪnˈlɪb] n (old-fashioned)MLF(= Mouvement de libération de la femme)
Women's liberation n (old-fashioned)libération f de la femme
women's movement n
the women's movement → le mouvement m des femmes
women's refuge nrefuge m pour femmes battues
women's room n (mainly US)toilettes fpl pour dames
women's studies nplétudes fpl féministes
womenfolk
plFrauen pl
womenfolk [ˈwɪmɪnˌfəʊk] npldonne fpl
womenfolk [ˈwɪmɪnˌfəʊk] npldonne fpl


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When grandmother and I went into the Shimerdas' house, we found the womenfolk alone; Ambrosch and Marek were at the barn.
Nowadays, well-educated natives are of opinion that when their womenfolk travel - and they visit a good deal - it is better to take them quickly by rail in a properly screened compartment; and that custom is spreading.
But fain would I shun blood and battle, and fain would I not deal sorrow to womenfolk and wives because good stout yeomen lose their lives.
 
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