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auctioneeresses

auctioneeresses is the plural of auctioneeress.

Meaning of auctioneeress

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

Questions about auctioneeresses

What is auctioneeresses the plural of?
Auctioneeresses is the plural of auctioneeress.

Words near auctioneeresses in the dictionary

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

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