FAIR SEX
Dictionary entry overview: What does fair sex mean? • FAIR SEX (noun)
The noun FAIR SEX has 1 sense:
1. women as a class
Familiarity information: FAIR SEX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FAIR SEX (noun)
Meaning:
Women as a class
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
fair sex; woman; womanhood
Context examples:
it's an insult to American womanhood / woman is the glory of creation / the fair sex gathered on the veranda
Hypernyms ("fair sex" is a kind of...):
class; social class; socio-economic class (people having the same social or economic status)
Holonyms ("fair sex" is a member of...):
womankind (women as distinguished from men)
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