Woman of refinement
1refinement — noun 1) the refinement of sugar Syn: purification, refining, processing, treatment, treating 2) all writing needs endless refinement Syn: improvement, polishing, honing, fine tuning, touching up, finishing off …
2refinement — noun 1 improvement to/on sth; process of improving sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great ▪ A greater refinement of the categorization is possible. ▪ extra, further ▪ constant …
3refinement — re|fine|ment [rıˈfaınmənt] n 1.) an improvement, usually a small one, to something ▪ The new model has a number of refinements. 2.) something which is an improved ↑version of an existing product, system etc refinement of ▪ The new theory is a… …
4refinement — noun 1 (C) an addition or improvement to an existing product, system etc: The new car has a number of refinements such as an air bag and a catalytic converter. 2 (U) the quality of being polite and well educated, in a way that is typical of… …
5woman — lady, woman The division of usage between these two words is complex and is caught up in issues of social class. In George Meredith s Evan Harrington (1861), the heroine, Rose Jocelyn, is rhetorically asked, Would you rather be called a true… …
6A Vindication of the Rights of Woman — A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects (1792), written by the eighteenth century British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, is one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. In it, Wollstonecraft… …
8wom|an — «WUM uhn», noun, plural wom|en, adjective, verb, anned, an|ning or aned, an|ing. –n. 1. a female human being. A woman is a girl grown up. 2. women as a group; the average woman; womankind: » …
9lady — noun (plural ladies) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hlǣfdige, from hlāf bread + dige (akin to dǣge kneader of bread) more at loaf, dairy Date: before 12th century 1. a. a woman having proprietary rights or… …
10Massie Trial — The Massie Trial for what was known as the Massie Affair, was a 1932 criminal trial that took place in Honolulu, Hawaii. Grace Hubbard Fortescue, along with several accomplices, was charged with murder in the death of well known local… …