WOMEN, noun plural of woman. pronoun wimen. But it is supposed the word we pronounce is from Sax. wifman, and therefore should be written wimen.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
WOMEN, noun plural of woman. pronoun wimen. But it is supposed the word we pronounce is from Sax. wifman, and therefore should be written wimen.
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