benefactoress
benefactoress is the alternative form of benefactress.
Meaning of benefactress
Noun
benefactress (plural benefactresses)
- A female benefactor.
- Oh! youthful benefactress! how often in succeeding years, standing in solitary places, and thinking of thee with grief of heart and perfect love, how often have I wished that, as in ancient times the curse of a father was believed to have a supernatural power, and to pursue its object with a fatal...1821 September–October, [Thomas De Quincey], “[Part I.] Preliminary Confessions.”, in Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, 2nd edition, London: […] [J. Moyes] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published...
Forms of benefactoress
| plural | benefactoresses |
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Origin of benefactoress
From benefactor + -ess.
Questions about benefactoress
- What is benefactoress the alternative form of?
- Benefactoress is the alternative form of benefactress.
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