-woman

From the noun woman.

-woman (plural -women)

1. A woman who is an expert in an area.

   horsewoman, sportswoman

2. A woman who is employed or holds a position in an area.

   committeewoman, newswoman, policewoman

3. A woman who has special characteristics relating to a topic or area.

   bogeywoman, superwoman

4. In certain cases, a woman who derives from a particular nationality.

   Scotswoman, Norsewoman

• To include people regardless of gender, either the suffix -person is used, or a gender-neutral hypernym, for example police officer instead of policewoman.

• -man

• -person

Borrowed from English.

-woman

1. used to form the names of female sportspersons or professions

• Most of these like businesswoman are borrowed directly from English, while some such as tenniswoman are not. The plural may be -womans or -women.

• -man