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nounwomanfriend (plural womanfriends)
plural womanfriends
- rareSynonym of girlfriend.
In my favorite story, "Womb With A View," by Michele Roberts, Jo and Maggie, two womanfriends […] walk "arm-in-arm down the street" (two "straight" women showing affection in public, as British and European same-sex friends feel free to do.)
1981 February 14, Collectively Written Feminist Stories, “Myma Greenfield”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 11Synonyms: girlfriend
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of girlfriend.
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womanfriend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womanfriend
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“womanfriend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womanfriend. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “womanfriend,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womanfriend.
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