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afflictresses

afflictresses is the plural of afflictress.

Meaning of afflictress

Noun

afflictress (plural afflictresses)

  1. (rare) A female afflicter.
    • Let us count our afflictresses: we have Eve, Delilah, Pandora, Dejanira, Helen, the daughters of Pandarus, Messalina, the Empress of Russia, and several queens and empresses whom we need not mention.1886, James Hain Friswell, The Gentle Life: Essays in Aid of the Formation of Character

Questions about afflictresses

What is afflictresses the plural of?
Afflictresses is the plural of afflictress.

Words near afflictresses in the dictionary

  1. afflictionless
  2. afflictions
  3. afflictive
  4. afflictively
  5. afflictress
  6. afflictresses
  7. afflicts
  8. afflouncement
  9. afflouncements
  10. affluence
  11. affluence of incohol

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