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.