womanfolk

womanfolk
\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun (plural womenfolk also womanfolk or womenfolks)
Etymology: woman (II) + folk
1. chiefly dialect : woman
2. womenfolk also womanfolk or womenfolks plural : the women of a group (as a family or community)

get the womenfolk off to the hills — E.M.Forster


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