Riverwoman
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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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