little woman
Spouse, fondly diminished
Little woman is a dated, often patronizing term for a wife or female partner, typically used by men: I'll have to check with the little woman.
The phrase frames women as diminutive and domestic.
It can also refer affectionately to a small girl.
The plural little women describes girls approaching womanhood, as in Louisa May Alcott's novel.
Year's third month
- MegNickname for Margaret
- BethShortened feminine name
- AmyFemale name meaning beloved
- Alcott19th-century American novelist
sisters · Laurie · coming-of-age · Victorian · domesticity · Concord · nineteenth-century · family
Female marriage partner
- partnerOne who shares activity
- missusInformal term for spouse
- better halfEndearing term for partner
- ladyCourteous term for woman
bride · helpmate · homemaker · matron · companion · sweetheart · beloved · ball and chain
March
Year's third month
Alcott · sisters · Laurie · coming-of-age · Victorian · domesticity · Concord · nineteenth-century · family · sacrifice
wife
Female marriage partner
- partnerOne who shares activity
- missusInformal term for spouse
- better halfEndearing term for partner
lady · bride · helpmate · homemaker · matron · companion · sweetheart · beloved · ball and chain · old lady
- pet namessweetheart, darling, Buddy, honey, Max
little womanman of the house
head of household · lord and master · husband · old man · boss
little womancareer woman
Female dedicated to profession
matriarch · feminist icon · equal partner · boss lady · queen
little, woman, belittle, littlest, littler, belittling, belittlement, littleness, belittled