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distaff

mastery

UK /ˈdɪstɑːf/ US /ˈdɪstæf/nounadj

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What does 'distaff' mean in this context?

Women predominate not only, I think, because of matriarchal considerations, or claims to divine paternity, but also because Boiotian tradition leans in every way toward the distaff side.