Women as a class:
— The fair sex gathered on the veranda.

synonyms: woman, womanhood.

Roget 374: woman, she, her, female, petticoat.    feminality^†, muliebrity^†; womanhood etc. (adolescence) 131.    womankind; the sex, the fair; fair sex, softer sex; weaker vessel.    dame, madam, madame, mistress, Mrs.    lady, donna belle [Sp.], matron, dowager, goody, gammer^†; Frau [G.], frow^†, Vrouw [Du.], rani; good woman, good wife; squaw; wife etc. (marriage) 903; matronage, matronhood^†.    bachelor girl, new woman, feminist, suffragette, suffragist.    nymph, wench, grisette^†; girl etc. (youth) 129.    [Effeminacy] sissy, betty, cot betty [U.S.], cotquean^†, henhussy^†, mollycoddle, muff, old woman.    [Female animal] hen, bitch, sow, doe, roe, mare; she goat, Nanny goat, tabita; ewe, cow; lioness, tigress; vixen.    gynecaeum^†.    estrogen, oestrogen.    consanguinity etc. 166 [Female relatives], paternity etc. 11.    lesbian, dyke [Slang].    ... show more

Dutch: het schone geslacht, gemalin, echtgenote, vrouw