Riverwoman

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A woman who lives or works on a river.

    "They sang awake Afo Bocoum's quiet wife and the women in the house of Ali the Griot. They sang awake the Songhai women who grilled spongy rice pancakes and the Bozo riverwomen who smoked catfish and perch."

Example

More examples

"They sang awake Afo Bocoum's quiet wife and the women in the house of Ali the Griot. They sang awake the Songhai women who grilled spongy rice pancakes and the Bozo riverwomen who smoked catfish and perch."

Etymology

From river + -woman.

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