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cateress

cateress noun: a woman who caters.

Noun

cateress (plural cateresses)

  1. A woman who caters.
    • With her abundance; she, good cateress,
      Means her provision only to the good1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey...
    • After a while the mistress of the house arose, and said to the cateress: " Arise, O my sister, and let us fulfil our debt." The cateress left the saloon, and soon returned leading two black hounds , with chains around their necks.1913, Frances Jenkins Olcott, The Arabian Nights, page 33

Forms of cateress

pluralcateresses

Origin of cateress

From cater + -ess.

Questions about cateress

What does cateress mean?
Cateress means a woman who caters.
What part of speech is cateress?
Cateress is a noun.
What is the plural of cateress?
The plural of cateress is cateresses.

Words near cateress in the dictionary

  1. catered
  2. caterer
  3. caterers
  4. caterership
  5. catererships
  6. cateress
  7. cateresses
  8. caterest
  9. catereth
  10. Caterham
  11. Caterham on the Hill

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