an adult female human being
female human
Cases of word usage
1) a woman who acts on the stage or TV, or in films (actress)
2) (of) a young woman from overseas who, in return for light household duties, receives board and lodging, and facilities for study (au pair)
3) a woman ballet-dancer (especially who takes the main classical role) (ballerina)
4) a baron's wife or a woman who is a baron in her own right (baroness)
5) a woman who gives money to charity (benefactress)
6) (a woman who is) blond (blonde)
7) a woman on her wedding-day; a newly married woman (bride)
8) a girl or young unmarried woman attending the bride at her wedding (bridesmaid)
9) a woman with light skin and dark-brown hair (brunette)
10) an elderly person (usually a woman) in charge of a girl or young unmarried woman (chaperon)