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Noun: comfort woman
  1. A woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II
    "she wrote a book about her harsh experiences as a comfort woman";
    - ianfu

Derived forms: comfort women

Type of: cyprian [archaic, informal], prostitute [informal], prozzie [slang], trull [archaic], wench [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Comfort woman