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captresses

captresses is the plural of captress.

Meaning of captress

Noun

captress (plural captresses)

  1. a female captor.
    • At least the captress gets, or thinks she has got, what she wants.1867, Public Opinion, page 217

Questions about captresses

What is captresses the plural of?
Captresses is the plural of captress.

Words near captresses in the dictionary

  1. captorhinomorphs
  2. captors
  3. captour
  4. captours
  5. captress
  6. captresses
  7. capts
  8. Capts.
  9. capturability
  10. capturable
  11. capture

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