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authress

authress is the rare form of authoress.

Meaning of authoress

Noun

authoress (plural authoresses)

  1. (dated) A female author.
    • This obſervation is verified in our authoreſs, who, without deſign, without art, and without inſtruction is arrived at a wonderful perfection in the art of poetry, and may be placed amongſt poets of the firſt claſs.1765 January, “A further Account of the celebrated German Poeteſs”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, page 5
    Synonyms:
    authrix

Forms of authress

pluralauthresses

Origin of authress

From author + -ess.

Questions about authress

What is authress the rare form of?
Authress is the rare form of authoress.

Words near authress in the dictionary

  1. authourized
  2. authourizes
  3. authourizing
  4. authours
  5. authourship
  6. authress
  7. authresses
  8. authrix
  9. auths
  10. authserv
  11. autie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: authress (page history and authors); authoress (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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