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Noun
1. comfort woman; prostitute who worked in military brothels, esp. one forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWIIHistorical term, Euphemistic, See also 従軍慰安婦
Wikipedia definition
2. Comfort womenThe term "comfort women" was a euphemism used to describe women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II. Estimates vary as to how many women were involved, with numbers ranging from as low as 20,000 from some Japanese scholars to as high as 410,000 from some Chinese scholars, but the exact numbers are still being researched and debated.
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