Also (in pl.) women-. One who hates women; a misogynist.
1607. [Fletcher] (title), The Woman Hater.
1629. Massinger, Picture, II. ii. Surely, madam, I am no woman-hater.
1698. Collier, Immor. Stage, iv. 171. This Coarseness [toward women] does not alwaies come from Clowns, and Women-haters.
1728. Swift, Jrnl. Mod. Lady, 8. Against the sex to write a satire, And brand me for a woman-hater.
1877. ‘Rita,’ Vivienne, I. i. I should scarcely think that the sudden introduction of a young and beautiful woman … into your domestic life was quite welcome to such a woman-hater as yourself.
