Frenchwoman

noun

French·​wom·​an ˈfrench-ˌwu̇-mən How to pronounce Frenchwoman (audio)
1
: a woman who is a native or inhabitant of France
2
: a woman of French descent

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But his life takes a turn for the absurd with the arrival of a beautiful Frenchwoman, Valérie, with an imperious chihuahua, just as another guest goes missing. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 25 June 2025 The Frenchwoman is the only person in the women’s game to have won the Champions League as both a player and manager/head coach. Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025 Coco Gauff rolls into French Open final Gauff, the No. 2 seed, dismantled the previously unknown Frenchwoman Lois Boisson 6-1, 6-2 on Thursday to reach the French Open final for a second time. Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 7 June 2025 Coming into this year’s French Open, 22-year-old Frenchwoman Lois Boisson had earned $148,009 in her professional career. Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025 The Frenchwoman entered Roland Garros as a wild card. Julia Andersen, CNN Money, 3 June 2025 The young Frenchwoman spent much of the 1920s earning degrees and awards in art history, archaeology, and the fine arts. Erin Douglass, Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2025 There are suggestions of a covert drug ring run by a French mafia group, whose interests are represented by a mysterious Frenchwoman (Lera Abova) who rides around Bakersfield on her Vespa. Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025 Baltimore became only the second Frenchwoman to score in the Women’s FA Cup Final after Valérie Gauvin for Everton in 2020. Asif Burhan, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of Frenchwoman was in the 15th century

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Frenchwoman

noun
French·​wom·​an ˈfrench-ˌwu̇m-ən How to pronounce Frenchwoman (audio)
: a woman who is French
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