distaff

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Adjective distaff has 1 sense

female, distaff - characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage"
Antonym: masculine (indirect, via feminine)

Noun distaff has 2 senses

distaff - the sphere of work by women
--₁ is a kind of sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena
distaff - the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
--₂ is a kind of staff
--₂ is a part of spinning wheel

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