warwoman

English

Etymology

From war +‎ -woman.

Noun

warwoman (plural warwomen)

  1. A female combatant for war; a female warrior; a female warman.
    • 1989, Ruth Wallace Hawkins, Where No Wood Is‎[1], Ruth Wallace Hawkins, →ISBN, page 151:
      ‘‘Well, warwoman, them words may come back and hant ye, but git along with ye story,’ Mamie directed.
    • 1995, Andre Norton, The Memoirs of Lt. Henry Timberlake‎[2], W. Morrow, →ISBN, page 36:
      Their guards were all warwomen and she had, she believed, a very thin chance of gaining any attention — save perhaps a kind she did not want — from Tathan and Iyt.
    • 2007, Henry Timberlake, The Memoirs of Lt. Henry Timberlake‎[3], Museum of the Cherokee Indian Press, →ISBN, page 36:
      These chiefs, or headmen, likewise compose the assemblies of the nation, into which the warwomen are admitted.
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