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advoutress

advoutress noun: an adulteress.

Noun

advoutress (plural advoutresses)

  1. (obsolete) An adulteress.
    • Edward the Second of England, his queen, had the principal hand in the deposing and murder of her husband. This kind of danger, is then to be feared chiefly, when the wives have plots, for the raising of their own children; or else that they be advoutresses.c. 1612, Francis Bacon, "Of Empire" in The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon (2013 edition), p. 758 (Google preview)

Forms of advoutress

pluraladvoutresses

Origin of advoutress

From Middle English advowteresse, avouteres, avoutresse, avowtres, avowtresse, from Old French; equivalent to advoutrer + -ess.

Questions about advoutress

What does advoutress mean?
Advoutress means an adulteress.
What part of speech is advoutress?
Advoutress is a noun.
What is the plural of advoutress?
The plural of advoutress is advoutresses.

Words near advoutress in the dictionary

  1. advolute
  2. advolution
  3. advolutions
  4. advoutrer
  5. advoutrers
  6. advoutress
  7. advoutresses
  8. advoutries
  9. advoutry
  10. advowee
  11. advowees

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