Definition, synonyms and related words
Alternative form of women (“plural of woman”)
"The old newspaper headline read about womens rights activists gathering in town, even though modern editors prefer to use women instead."
"The womens in the club were arguing about the new rules."
Womens is not an independent word with its own etymology; it is simply the plural form of women, which derives from Old English wīfmann (woman). The root combines wīf (female) and mann (person), originally meaning female human.