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defendress

defendress noun: female defender.

Noun

defendress (plural defendresses)

  1. female defender.

Forms of defendress

pluraldefendresses

Origin of defendress

From Middle English defenderesse, from Old French defenderesse; equivalent to defender + -ess.

Questions about defendress

What does defendress mean?
Defendress means female defender.
What part of speech is defendress?
Defendress is a noun.
What is the plural of defendress?
The plural of defendress is defendresses.

Words near defendress in the dictionary

  1. defendism
  2. defendor
  3. defendors
  4. defendour
  5. defendours
  6. defendress
  7. defendresses
  8. defends
  9. defenestrate
  10. defenestrated
  11. defenestrates

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