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attendress

attendress noun: a female attendant.

Noun

attendress (plural attendresses)

  1. (archaic) A female attendant.

Forms of attendress

pluralattendresses

Origin of attendress

From attender + -ess.

Questions about attendress

What does attendress mean?
Attendress means a female attendant.
What part of speech is attendress?
Attendress is a noun.
What is the plural of attendress?
The plural of attendress is attendresses.

Words near attendress in the dictionary

  1. attending to one's own knitting
  2. attendingly
  3. attendings
  4. attendment
  5. attendments
  6. attendress
  7. attendresses
  8. attends
  9. attends to
  10. attends to one's knitting
  11. attends to one's own knitting

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