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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A woman who performs all the duties typically associated with several different full-time roles, such as wage earner, graduate student, mother, and wife.
  • noun A woman with more than human powers.

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  • noun informal A woman who looks after a home and children as well as being employed in a full-time job.
  • noun A woman with superhuman powers.

Etymologies

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super- +‎ woman

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