wommon

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English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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wommon

  1. Obsolete spelling of woman.

Etymology 2

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Respelling to avoid the presence of man in the word.

Noun

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wommon (plural womyn)

  1. (rare) Feminist spelling of woman
    • 1989, Nett Hart, Spirited Lesbians: Lesbian Desire as Social Action, page 20:
      This communion occurs wommon to wommon, wommon to tree, sea to wommon and is not essentially sexual []
    • 2002, Marsha Houston, Olga Idriss Davis, Centering Ourselves, page 138:
      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.

Middle English

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Noun

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wommon

  1. Alternative form of womman