distaff side

distaff side
Synonyms and related words:
affiliation, agnate, ancestry, apparentation, birth, blood, blood relation, blood relative, bloodline, branch, breed, clansman, cognate, collateral, collateral relative, common ancestry, connections, consanguinean, consanguinity, derivation, descent, direct line, distant relation, enate, extraction, fair sex, family, female line, female sex, femininity, filiation, flesh, flesh and blood, folks, german, house, kin, kindred, kinfolk, kinnery, kinsfolk, kinsman, kinsmen, kinswoman, kith and kin, line, line of descent, lineage, male line, near relation, next of kin, people, phylum, posterity, race, relations, relatives, second sex, seed, sept, sib, sibling, side, softer sex, spear kin, spear side, spindle kin, spindle side, stem, stirps, stock, strain, succession, sword side, tribesman, uterine kin, weaker sex, weaker vessel, woman, womanhood, womankind, women, womenfolk, womenfolks

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  • distaff side — the female side of a family (opposed to spear side). [1885 90] * * * …   Universalium

  • distaff side — dis′taff side n. sex the female side of a family • Etymology: 1885–90 …   From formal English to slang

  • distaff side — the female side of a family (opposed to spear side). [1885 90] …   Useful english dictionary

  • distaff side — noun the female or maternal branch of a family Ant: spear side …   Wiktionary

  • distaff side — /ˈdɪstaf saɪd/ (say distahf suyd) noun the female side of a family …  

  • on the distaff side — old fashioned phrase on the woman’s side of a family Thesaurus: describing or relating to relatednesshyponym Main entry: distaff * * * on the distaff side idiom ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • on the distaff side — old fashioned on the woman s side of a family …   English dictionary

  • Distaff — Queen Berthe instructing girls to spin flax on spindles using distaffs, Albert Anker, 1888 …   Wikipedia

  • distaff — I. noun (plural distaffs) Etymology: Middle English distaf, from Old English distæf, from dis (akin to Middle Low German dise bunch of flax) + stæf staff Date: before 12th century 1. a. a staff for holding the flax, tow, or wool in spinning b.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • distaff — UK [ˈdɪstɑːf] / US [ˈdɪˌstæf] noun [countable] Word forms distaff : singular distaff plural distaffs a small stick used in the past for winding wool around when spinning • on the distaff side …   English dictionary

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