auditress
auditress noun: a female hearer.
Noun
auditress (plural auditresses)
- A female hearer.
- Yet went she not, as not with such discourse / Delighted or not capable her ear / Of what was night: such pleasure she reserved, / Adam relating, she sole auditress1667, John Milton, “Book CC”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- I have forbidden Adèle to talk to me about her presents, and she is bursting with repletion; have the goodness to serve her as auditress and interlocutrice:1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter XIV, in Jane Eyre. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 253
auditress meaning in Tamil
auditress in Tamil
- பெண் தணிக்கையாளர்
Forms of auditress
| plural | auditresses |
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Origin of auditress
From auditor + -ess.
Questions about auditress
- What does auditress mean?
- Auditress means a female hearer.
- What is auditress in Tamil?
- Auditress in Tamil is பெண் தணிக்கையாளர். See Auditress meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is auditress?
- Auditress is a noun.
- What is the plural of auditress?
- The plural of auditress is auditresses.
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