Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman or girl forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military during World War II.
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- noun idiomatic, historical, euphemistic A woman
forced , or supposedlyrecruited , intobrothels by the Japaneseoccupation forces duringWorld War II .
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- noun a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Translation of Japanese ianfu : ian, comfort + fu, woman.]
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