gyneconome

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noun

An Ancient Athenian civil servant whose job was to apply sumptuary laws and ensure adult women behaved morally.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:gyneconome.”

OriginAncient Greek γῠναικονόμος →
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Meanings

noungyneconome (plural gyneconomes)

plural gyneconomes

  1. historicalAn Ancient Athenian civil servant whose job was to apply sumptuary laws and ensure adult women behaved morally.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:gyneconome.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekγῠναικονόμος
  2. Englishgyneconome

From Ancient Greek γῠναικονόμος (gŭnaikonómos); compare gyneco-, nome.

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APA

gyneconome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gyneconome

MLA

“gyneconome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gyneconome. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gyneconome,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gyneconome.

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