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acrobatess

acrobatess noun: a female acrobat.

Noun

acrobatess (plural acrobatesses)

  1. (rare) A female acrobat.
    • “T l k’s? true lover’s knots! none of my business, of course, but the professor appears to be interested in the fair acrobat—acrobatess—acrobatia—what you will! Give you my word, when he came round the corner and saw her coming down that rope, I thought he would curl up into knots himself. Jolly...1901, Laura E. Richards, “Chapter XV. Jewels: And an Awakening”, in Fernley House, Boston: Dana Estes & Company, page 199
    • Many persons were interested in the antics of a well-dressed brunette on the Bowery last night. She was leaping awkwardly over small obstructions, essaying somersaults, and anon playing the game of tag with herself. / It was thought by some that she was a real acrobatess a little under the weather....1901, The Duluth Evening Herald, A Bouncing Brunette. Two Harbors Female Gets Into Tronble.^([sic]), page 2, column 3

Examples of acrobatess in a sentence

  • “T l k’s? true lover’s knots! none of my business, of course, but the professor appears to be interested in the fair acrobat—acrobatess—acrobatia—what you will!1901, Laura E. Richards, “Chapter XV. Jewels: And an Awakening”, in Fernley House, Boston: Dana Estes & Company, page 199:
  • The big thing is she doesn’t want to be an acrobat or an acrobatess or whatever you call them.1949, “The Ticklish Acrobat by Robert Hivnor”, in Playbook: Five Plays for a New Theatre, published 1956, act 1, scene 2, page 68:
  • Ivory, apple peel pure, breasts hinting (breasts of an acrobatess), hips rounding — someday, I always thought, after retirement: children — strong legs tapering and her left foot, water.2001, Joshua Cohen, The Quorum, Twisted Spoon Press, published 2005, →ISBN, page 87:

Forms of acrobatess

pluralacrobatesses

Origin of acrobatess

From acrobat + -ess.

Questions about acrobatess

What does acrobatess mean?
Acrobatess means a female acrobat.
How do you use acrobatess in a sentence?
“T l k’s? true lover’s knots! none of my business, of course, but the professor appears to be interested in the fair acrobat—acrobatess—acrobatia—what you will!
What part of speech is acrobatess?
Acrobatess is a noun.
What is the plural of acrobatess?
The plural of acrobatess is acrobatesses.

Words near acrobatess in the dictionary

  1. acrobacy
  2. acrobalance
  3. acrobat
  4. acrobat ant
  5. acrobated
  6. acrobatess
  7. acrobatesses
  8. acrobatholithic
  9. acrobatic
  10. acrobatic cavies
  11. acrobatic cavy

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