feminist

Meanings

Adjective

• relating to or in accordance with feminism.

Noun

• an advocate of feminism; a person who believes in bringing about the equality of the sexes (of women and men) in all aspects of public and private life
• a member of a feminist political movement

Origin

• First recorded in English 1852. Ultimately from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina. See also feminine, feminism.