What is "comfort woman"

n. (context idiomatic historical euphemistic English) A woman forced, or supposedly recruited, into brothels by the Japanese occupation forces during World War II.

n. a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II; "she wrote a book about her harsh experiences as a comfort woman" [syn: ianfu]

''For the article on sex slaves, see Comfort women. For the 1997 novel, Comfort Woman see Nora Okja Keller''

Comfort Woman is the fifth solo album by Me'shell Ndegeocello. It was released on October 14, 2003, on Maverick Records. The album peaked at #150 on the Billboard Top 200 list that year. The album also peaked at #43 on Billboard's R&B Album chart. The LP was the final record released by Maverick, ending her ten-year contract.