Library / English Dictionary

FAIR SEX

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Women as a class

Example:

the fair sex gathered on the veranda

Synonyms:

fair sex; woman; womanhood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("fair sex" is a kind of...):

class; social class; socio-economic class; stratum (people having the same social, economic, or educational status)

Holonyms ("fair sex" is a member of...):

womankind (women as distinguished from men)

Credits