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advoutresses

advoutresses is the plural of advoutress.

Meaning of advoutress

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)

Questions about advoutresses

What is advoutresses the plural of?
Advoutresses is the plural of advoutress.

Words near advoutresses in the dictionary

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

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