prizewomann.
/ˈprʌɪzˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈpraɪzˌwʊm(ə)n/ rare.
A woman who wins a prize. Cf. prizeman n.Sometimes modified by the name of the prize won.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > prize > prize-winner
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > one who > one who wins > one who wins a prize
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prizewoman1843
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1843 Essex Standard 29 Sept. (2nd ed.) The various prizemen and prizewomen having each received the tokens of reward which they had so well merited.
1908 Times 9 Jan. 7/4 Of the remaining seven prizemen, one prizewoman, and one prize institute,..not more than two or three have names which at least are known.
1940 Horizon Jan. 61 Miss Pitter, a Hawthornden prizewoman.
1993 S.B. McGrayne (title) Nobel Prize Women in Science.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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