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FEMALE PERSON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does female person mean? 

FEMALE PERSON (noun)
  The noun FEMALE PERSON has 1 sense:

1. a person who belongs to the sex that can have babiesplay

  Familiarity information: FEMALE PERSON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FEMALE PERSON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who belongs to the sex that can have babies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

female; female person

Hypernyms ("female person" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Meronyms (parts of "female person"):

female body (the body of a female human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "female person"):

female offspring (a child who is female)

female child; girl; little girl (a youthful female person)

foster-sister; foster sister (your foster sister is a female who is not a daughter of your parents but who is raised by your parents)

girl wonder (an extremely talented young female person)

adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))

woman (a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man)


 Context examples 


Do you mean that you are jealous of a female person?

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)



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