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deliveress

deliveress noun: a female deliverer.

Noun

deliveress (plural deliveresses)

  1. (archaic) A female deliverer.
    • Joan d'Arc, armed also like a cavalier, with boots and spurs, her hair dishevelled, as the deliveress of the town from our countrymen, when they besieged it1644 April 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for April 21 1644]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I...
    • Approach, encompassing Death—strong Deliveress! / When it is so—when thou hast taken them, I joyously sing the dead, / Lost in the loving, floating ocean of thee, / Laved in the flood of thy bliss, O Death.1865 (indicated as 1865–1866), Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps. […] When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom’d. And Other Pieces, Washington, D.C....

Forms of deliveress

pluraldeliveresses

Origin of deliveress

From deliver + -ess.

Questions about deliveress

What does deliveress mean?
Deliveress means a female deliverer.
What part of speech is deliveress?
Deliveress is a noun.
What is the plural of deliveress?
The plural of deliveress is deliveresses.

Words near deliveress in the dictionary

  1. deliveredst
  2. deliveree
  3. deliverees
  4. deliverer
  5. deliverers
  6. deliveress
  7. deliveresses
  8. deliverest
  9. delivereth
  10. deliveries
  11. deliverin'

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