renaissance woman

noun

A woman who lived during the Renaissance period.

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Meanings

renaissance woman1

nounrenaissance woman (plural renaissance women)

plural renaissance women

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Renaissance woman.

Renaissance woman2

nounRenaissance woman (plural Renaissance women)

plural Renaissance women · alternative renaissance woman

  1. literallyA woman who lived during the Renaissance period.

    These writers all confirm what has become a cliché about the Renaissance woman as “chaste, silent and obedient” (as the title of Suzanne Hull's bibliography of books for and about Renaissance women has it).

    1995, Mary Beth Rose, Perspectives on Renaissance Drama, →ISBN, page 35
  2. figurativelyA woman with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge.
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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