female equivalent

collocation in English

meaningsoffemaleandequivalent

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female
adjective
uk
/ˈfiː.meɪl/us
/ˈfiː.meɪl/
belonging or relating to the sex that can give birth to young or ...
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equivalent
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/ɪˈkwɪv.əl.ənt/us
/ɪˈkwɪv.əl.ənt/
something that has the same amount, value, purpose, qualities, etc. as ...
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(Definition offemaleandequivalentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffemale equivalent

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He is usually a man, although hisfemaleequivalentcan increasingly be found stalking our corridors in her sharp trouser suit.
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Afemaleequivalentis "rectoress," and the term and office of a rector are a "rectorate".
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Thefemaleequivalentof schoolmaster is schoolmistress, which is used with all the same prefixes.
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Because the race occurred in a male dominated era, there was no commonfemaleequivalentof the race.
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If the title is higher than (or equal to) the one she possesses, she will normally be styled using thefemaleequivalent.
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Vapours were considered to be thefemaleequivalentto melancholy found in men.
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The title descends by masculine primogeniture and there is nofemaleequivalent.
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It is thefemaleequivalentto hirsuties coronae glandis.
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It is thefemaleequivalentof the testicular vein, and is the venous counterpart of the ovarian artery.
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It is thefemaleequivalentof a patronymic.
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Thefemaleequivalentis matriarchy.
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Hisfemaleequivalentis the faluga.
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Thefemaleequivalentis a "muhadditha".
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The phrase is often, but not always, used when the person in question is either the wife orfemaleequivalentof a well-known man (or men) in a similar field.
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Jillaroos were thefemaleequivalentof jackeroos.
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