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cateresses

cateresses is the plural of cateress.

Meaning of cateress

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...

Questions about cateresses

What is cateresses the plural of?
Cateresses is the plural of cateress.

Words near cateresses in the dictionary

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

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