Usually means: Refers to women; outdated term.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word gentle sex:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. gentle sex: Merriam-Webster
  2. gentle sex, the gentle sex: Collins English Dictionary
  3. gentle sex: Wiktionary
  4. gentle sex: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. gentle sex: Dictionary.com
  6. The Gentle Sex: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gentle sex: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gentle sex)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic, dated, now sometimes offensive) Women generally.
▸ noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see gentle, sex.

Similar:
gentlethem, good-good, gentle and simple, love, gentlefolks, gentlemanism, gentlewomanhood, genteelism, gentlewomanliness, gentle or simple, more...

Opposite:
male, masculine, manly, virile

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Similar:
gentlethem, good-good, gentle and simple, love, gentlefolks, gentlemanism, gentlewomanhood, genteelism, gentlewomanliness, gentle or simple, more...

Opposite:
male, masculine, manly, virile



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