Home › Words › W › wingwomanwingwomanwingwoman means A female friend who accompanies one to offer support.EtymologyFrom wing + woman, modelled on earlier wingman.nounA female friend who accompanies one to offer support.e.g.“By the time we return home, I'm not sure who's more nervous about Gen's future dating adventures—her, or me as her wingwoman, thrust in front of tempting, attractive men.” — 2014, Jules Barnard, Deep Blue:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).