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correctresses

correctresses is the plural of correctress.

Meaning of correctress

Noun

correctress (plural correctresses)

  1. A woman or girl who corrects; a female corrector; a correctrix.
    • In order the better to acquit herself of her Office, the Correctress should look over beforehand what has to be read.1889, The Rule of Saint Augustine and the constitutions of the Sisters of Penance of the Third Order of Saint Dominic, forming the Congregation of the Most Holy Rosary of the United States of America...

Questions about correctresses

What is correctresses the plural of?
Correctresses is the plural of correctress.

Words near correctresses in the dictionary

  1. correctorships
  2. correctory
  3. correctour
  4. correctours
  5. correctress
  6. correctresses
  7. correctrix
  8. corrects
  9. correctthink
  10. Corredor
  11. Corredors

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