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Definition of Comfort woman
1. Noun. A woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II. "She wrote a book about her harsh experiences as a comfort woman"
Generic synonyms: Bawd, Cocotte, Cyprian, Fancy Woman, Harlot, Lady Of Pleasure, Prostitute, Sporting Lady, Tart, Whore, Woman Of The Street, Working Girl
Definition of Comfort woman
1. Noun. (idiomatic historical euphemistic) A woman forced, or supposedly recruited, into brothels by the Japanese occupation forces during World War II. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Comfort Woman
Literary usage of Comfort woman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Epistles of Paul: To the by Albert Barnes (1849)
"The apostle designed to comfort woman, or to alleviate the sadness of the picture
which he had drawn respecting her condition. (2. ..."
2. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by John William Cunliffe, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1922)
"... might find it comfort- woman who tries after her marriage to able and salutary
to deny dressing to 30 look as unsettled and as young as possible, ..."
3. The Hayfield Mower and Scythe of Progress (1904)
"Man makes a worldly sacrifice if he chooses duty's calling instead of the calling
of comfort. Woman makes less sacrifice. Woman can afford to work cheaper ..."
4. The Kingdom of the Mind: How to Promote Intelligent Living and Avert Mental by James Mortimer Keniston (1916)
"Sometimes man finds her memory only too accurate for his own comfort. Woman can
think, and can express her ideas clearly and fluently. ..."
5. From Kirtland to Salt Lake City by James Alexander Little (1890)
"The mother, destitute of every comfort woman is supposed to need in her condition,
also sickened but finally rallied and recovered. ..."
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