'Woman hater' definitions:
Definition of 'woman hater'
(from WordNet)
noun
A misanthrope who dislikes women in particular [syn: misogynist, woman hater]
Definition of 'Woman hater'
From: GCIDE
- Woman \Wom"an\, n.; pl. Women. [OE. woman, womman, wumman, wimman, wifmon, AS. w[imac]fmann, w[imac]mmann; w[imac]f woman, wife + mann a man. See Wife, and Man.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person. [1913 Webster]
- Women are soft, mild pitiful, and flexible. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman. --Gen. ii. 22. [1913 Webster]
- I have observed among all nations that the women ornament themselves more than the men; that, wherever found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings, inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest. --J. Ledyard. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The female part of the human race; womankind. [1913 Webster]
- Man is destined to be a prey to woman. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A female attendant or servant. " By her woman I sent your message." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Woman hater, one who hates women; one who has an aversion to the female sex; a misogynist. --Swift. [1913 Webster]