COMFORT WOMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does comfort woman mean? 

• COMFORT WOMAN (noun)
  The noun COMFORT WOMAN has 1 sense:

1. a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II

  Familiarity information: COMFORT WOMAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMFORT WOMAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

comfort woman; ianfu

Context example:

she wrote a book about her harsh experiences as a comfort woman

Hypernyms ("comfort woman" is a kind of...):

bawd; cocotte; cyprian; fancy woman; harlot; lady of pleasure; prostitute; sporting lady; tart; whore; woman of the street; working girl (a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money)