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auctioneeress

auctioneeress noun: a female auctioneer.

Noun

auctioneeress (plural auctioneeresses)

  1. (nonstandard) A female auctioneer.
    • I have little news to tell you, except that Mrs. ⸺, the auctioneeress, if there be such a word, is likely to die, and that the sorrowing widower, in posse, is said to have already made arrangements to take the beautiful (Oh! that I could add prudent) Miss Foote, as her successor.1837, Thomas Ingoldsby, The Ingoldsby Legends; Or, Mirth and Marvels, volume I, Philadelphia: Willis P. Hazard, published 1856, page 57
    • The square was, as usual of Saturdays, filled on yesterday with auctioneers and auctioneeresses, selling prize candies, horses and perfumes.1871 February 26, The Tennessean, page 4

Examples of auctioneeress in a sentence

  • Coy took the platform, and as an auctioneeress, with her glib tongue, ready wit and charming manners, […]1875 October 17, Arkansas Gazette, page 4:
  • Tuesday afternoon Maxine Elliott of the Frawley Company appeared as an auctioneeress.1896 July 25, The Wasp, page 6, column 1:
  • If some horrid man only starts the cry of “a mouse” when she mounts the ostrum, it will be case of “going, going—gone” with the fair auctioneeress.1900 January 20, Windsor and Richmond Gazette, page 13, column 1:
  • One by one the articles were disposed of by the amateur auctioneeress, and Perry was alone with her thoughts.1905, The Rosary Magazine, volume 27, page 290, column 1:

Forms of auctioneeress

pluralauctioneeresses

Origin of auctioneeress

From auctioneer + -ess.

Questions about auctioneeress

What does auctioneeress mean?
Auctioneeress means a female auctioneer.
How do you use auctioneeress in a sentence?
Coy took the platform, and as an auctioneeress, with her glib tongue, ready wit and charming manners, […]
What part of speech is auctioneeress?
Auctioneeress is a noun.
What is the plural of auctioneeress?
The plural of auctioneeress is auctioneeresses.

Words near auctioneeress in the dictionary

  1. auctionary
  2. auctioned
  3. auctioned off
  4. auctioneer
  5. auctioneered
  6. auctioneeress
  7. auctioneeresses
  8. auctioneering
  9. auctioneers
  10. auctioner
  11. auctioners

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