Usually means: Outdated term for women, gender.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word fair sex:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. the fair sex: Merriam-Webster
  2. the fair sex: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fair sex, the fair sex: Collins English Dictionary
  4. fair sex: Vocabulary.com
  5. the fair sex: Wordnik
  6. the fair sex: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. fair sex: Wiktionary
  8. fair sex: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. fair sex: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. The fair sex, fair sex: Dictionary.com
  11. fair sex, the fair sex: FreeDictionary.org
  12. fair sex: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. The fair sex, fair sex: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. fair sex: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fair sex: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fair sex: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fair sex, the fair sex: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (fair sex)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic, dated, now sometimes offensive) Women collectively.

Similar:
fair, fairer sex, weaker sex, ladyfolk, softer sex, girl, girlkind, womanhood, lady, freewoman, more...

Types:
woman, lady, girl, female, dame, miss, maiden, lass, more...

Phrases:
the fair sex, more...

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Similar:
fair, fairer sex, weaker sex, ladyfolk, softer sex, girl, girlkind, womanhood, lady, freewoman, more...

Types:
woman, lady, girl, female, dame, miss, maiden, lass, more...

Phrases:
the fair sex, more...



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