comfort women

A form of comfort woman — A woman forced, or supposedly recruited, into brothels by the Japanese occupation forces before or during World War II.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of comfort woman
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APA

comfort women. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comfort%20women

MLA

“comfort women.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comfort%20women. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “comfort women,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comfort%20women.

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