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A woman's name; also, a popular name for a parrot.

The possession by a woman of more than one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with Ant: monandry.

ty of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; -- opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy. See the Note under Bigamy, and cf. Polyandry.

Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.

Whatever may chance to be in the pot, or may be provided for a meal. A woman whose potluck was always to be relied on. G. Eliot. To take potluck, to take what food may chance to be provided.

A woman who is the principal of a school; a female teacher.

An affected woman of polite society, esp. one of the literary women of the French salons of the 17th century.

A pregnant woman. [R.] Dunglison.

A woman who is a prelate; the wife of a prelate. Milton.

The leading woman of a group, esp. in a theatrical cast.

A woman who officiated in sacred rites among pagans. Abp. Potter.

A woman who bears a child for the first time.

A female prince; a woman having sovereign power, or the rank of a prince. Dryden. So excellent a princess as the present queen. Swift.

To offer, as a woman, to a lewd use; to give up to lewdness for hire. "Do not prostitute thy daughter." Lev. xix. 29.

ting or offering the body to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness of a woman.

A woman who protects.

propriate business or duty of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere. The woman'sprovince is to be careful in her economy, and chaste in her affection. Tattler.

A woman of affected modesty, reserve, or coyness; one who is overscrupulous or sensitive; one who affects extraordinary prudence in conduct and speech. Less modest than the speech of prudes. Swift.

Frugal; economical; not extravagant; as, a prudent woman; prudent expenditure of money.

ke a prude; very formal, precise, or reserved; affectedly severe in virtue; as, a prudish woman; prudish manners. A formal lecture, spoke with prudish face. Garrick.