Dictionary entry

Womanhood

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Wom″an‐hood (?), n. 1. The state of being a woman; the distinguishing character or qualities of a woman, or of womankind.

Unspotted faith, and comely womanhood. Spenser.

Perhaps the smile and the tender tone

Came out of her pitying womanhood. Tennyson.

2. Women, collectively; womankind.