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cookess

cookess noun: a female cook.

Noun

cookess (plural cookesses)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A female cook.
    Synonyms:
    cookeress

Synonyms of cookess

Forms of cookess

pluralcookesses

Origin of cookess

From Middle English cookesse; equivalent to cook + -ess.

Questions about cookess

What does cookess mean?
Cookess means a female cook.
What part of speech is cookess?
Cookess is a noun.
What is the plural of cookess?
The plural of cookess is cookesses.

Words near cookess in the dictionary

  1. cookeries
  2. cookers
  3. cookery
  4. cookery book
  5. cookery books
  6. cookess
  7. cookesses
  8. cookest
  9. cooketh
  10. Cookeville
  11. cookey

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