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censoress

censoress noun: a female censor.

Noun

censoress (plural censoresses)

  1. (dated) A female censor.
    • There's for you! I am to pass for a censoress now!1778, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 104

Forms of censoress

pluralcensoresses

Origin of censoress

From censor + -ess.

Questions about censoress

What does censoress mean?
Censoress means a female censor.
What part of speech is censoress?
Censoress is a noun.
What is the plural of censoress?
The plural of censoress is censoresses.

Words near censoress in the dictionary

  1. censored
  2. censored spelling
  3. censored spellings
  4. censoree
  5. censorees
  6. censoress
  7. censoresses
  8. censorial
  9. censorian
  10. censorians
  11. censoring

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