womanfolk

noun

plural womenfolk also womanfolk or womenfolks

1

chiefly dialectal : woman

2

womenfolk also womanfolk or womenfolks plural : the women of a group (as a family or community)

get the womenfolk off to the hills

—E. M. Forster

Word History

Etymology

woman entry 2 + folk

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