women's room

English

Alternative forms

woman's room

Etymology

Probably a generic variant of the earlier-attested ladies' room (“a waiting room for women”).

Noun

women 's room (plural women's rooms)

(chiefly US, euphemistic) Synonym of ladies' room: a public lavatory intended for women.
- 1918 May 16, US Department of Labor, Monthly Labor Review:
  Women were expected to use the toilet provided for the general public... Plans have been made for a women's room at this station.
(historical) A waiting room in a railway station or other public building intended exclusively for women and usually including a separate women's lavatory.

Synonyms

(lavatory): See Thesaurus:bathroom
(women's waiting room): ladies' room

Hypernyms

(lavatory): See Thesaurus:bathroom
(waiting room): waiting room

Coordinate terms

men's room

Related terms

little girls' room

References

"woman, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary (2011), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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