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Of or relating to the Nordic countries.
Of or relating to the light colouring and tall stature of Nordic peoples.
(linguistics) Of or relating to the family of North Germanic languages.
(skiing) Of or relating to cross-country skiing or ski jumping. (Compare alpine.)
A person of descent or having features typical of Nordic people.
(ufology) A race of extraterrestrials similar in appearance to Nordic humans.
* 2007 , Erich Goode, D. Angus Vail, Extreme Deviance , Pine Forge Press, page 41:
* 2012 , Kelly Milner Halls, Alien Investigation: Searching for the Truth about UFOs and Aliens , Millbrook Press, page 45:
* 2012 , Patricia D. Netzley, Extraterrestrial Life: Alien Encounters , Reference Point Press, page 33:
An adult female human.
* Bible, (w) 2:22:
* (John Ledyard) (1751-1789)
* 1887 , Helen Campbell, Prisoners of poverty: their trades and their lives , p.120:
(lb) All females collectively; womankind.
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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
* 1997 , Bob Grant, Let's Be Heard , p.42:
* 2011 , Eileen Gray and the Design of Sapphic Modernity: Staying In , p.109:
A wife (or sometimes a or girlfriend).
* 1914 , , Study of Thomas Hardy and Other Essays , chapter 7: "Of Being and Not-Being":
A female who is extremely fond of or devoted to a specified type of thing.
* 2004 , Hyveth Williams, Secrets of a Happy Heart: A Fresh Look at the Sermon on the Mount , p.70:
A female attendant or servant.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
To staff with female labor.
* 1956 , Rex Stout, Three Witnesses , The Viking Press, page 54
* 1990 , Stephen King, The stand: the complete & uncut edition
* 2010 , Julia Glass, The Widower's Tale , page 77
To make effeminate or womanish.
* 1598 , , III. ii. 50:
To furnish with, or unite to, a woman.
* 1603 , , III. iv. 191:
As an adjective nordic
is of or relating to cross-country skiing (compare alpine).As a noun woman is
an adult female human.As a verb woman is
to staff with female labor.nordic
English
Alternative forms
* nordic (skiing)Adjective
(en adjective)Usage notes
* Skiing sense often lower case.Noun
(en noun)- Called “Nordics',” the aliens are human-like in appearance, of average height, and often have long, flowing hair. Contactees are typically struck by the beauty of the ' Nordics , as was Howard Menger (1959): “She seemed to radiate and glow,” Menger explains,
- But the third most common alien is called a Nordic , or humanoid.
- Known as Nordics , these extraterrestrials are said to have blond hair, blue eyes, and pale skin and are anywhere from 6 to 8 feet (183cm to 244cm) tall.
See also
* Nordic combined * Nordic walkingwoman
English
(wikipedia woman)Alternative forms
* womon, womyn, wymyn * wimmen, wimmenNoun
(women)- And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman .
- I have observed among all nations that the women ornament themselves more than the men
- But this woman' is a nice German ' woman that fell on the ice and sprained her ankle last winter, and we saw to her well as we could till she got better.
- For if modern woman is so intent on keeping her surname alive, why not demand it be passed along to her children?
- Unsurprisingly, if modern man is a sort of camera, modern woman is a picture.
- And then, when he lies with his woman , the man may concurrently be with God, and so get increase of his soul.
- Perhaps my problem is that I am a cat woman . I can't imagine any finicky feline (and they all are that at one time or another) slobbering over anyone, even a beloved owner, the way a dog does.
- By her woman I sent your message.
Synonyms
* see * female * ladyAntonyms
* (age ): girl * (gender ): manDerived terms
* cleaning woman * firewoman * gentlewoman * kept woman * little woman * medicine woman * old woman * other woman * policewoman * womanish * womanly * womanhood * woman suffrage * woman's work * womenfolk * womenhood * women’s libVerb
(en verb)- Apparently the Sixty-ninth Street office of Bagby Answers, Inc., was being womaned for the day from other offices.
- Gus Dinsmore, the public beach parking lot attendent, said he guessed that so many cars must be just stopped dead along the road that even those manned (or womaned ) by able drivers would be unable to move.
- The information desk is now manned (womaned ) by someone whose main job is to help you reserve time slots for the computers or guide you through the arduous process of “logging on.”
- I have felt so many quirks of joy and grief / That the first face of neither on the start / Can woman me unto't.
- And think it no addition, nor my wish, / To have him see me woman'd .