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womyn

[ woom-uhn ]

noun

, plural wim·yn, wom·yn [wim, -in].
  1. a woman (used chiefly in feminist writing as an alternative spelling to avoid the suggestion of sexism perceived in the sequences m-a-n and m-e-n ).

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Word History and Origins

Origin of womyn1

First recorded in 1975–80

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