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Definition of the fairer sex noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

the fairer sex

noun
 
/ðə ˌfeərə ˈseks/
 
/ðə ˌferər ˈseks/
(also the fair sex)
[singular + singular or plural verb] (old-fashioned)
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  1. a way of referring to women as a group
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