wommon

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noun

Feminist spelling of woman

Scrabble 13

Meanings

wommon1

noun
  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of woman.

wommon2

nounwommon (plural womyn)

plural womyn

  1. rareFeminist spelling of woman

    This communion occurs wommon to wommon, wommon to tree, sea to wommon and is not essentially sexual […]

    1989, Nett Hart, Spirited Lesbians: Lesbian Desire as Social Action, page 20
    1 more example

    You just think that because we're Black womyn, maybe that would be enough to at least start with, but sometimes it isn't. Sometimes, just being a Black wommon isn't enough.

    2002, Marsha Houston, Olga Idriss Davis, Centering Ourselves, page 138

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Origin

Respelling to avoid the presence of man in the word.

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APA

wommon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wommon

MLA

“wommon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wommon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wommon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wommon.

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