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dentistresses

dentistresses is the plural of dentistress.

Meaning of dentistress

Noun

dentistress (plural dentistresses)

  1. (rare) A female dentist.
    • A Boston dentistress is so pretty that “she could coax a man’s tooth out by just putting her hand under his chin and asking for it.”1883 February 14, “Pleasantries”, in Watertown Republican, volume XXIII, number 18, Watertown, Wis., column 5
    Synonyms:
    dentistess

Questions about dentistresses

What is dentistresses the plural of?
Dentistresses is the plural of dentistress.

Words near dentistresses in the dictionary

  1. dentistesses
  2. dentistic
  3. dentistical
  4. dentistlike
  5. dentistress
  6. dentistresses
  7. dentistries
  8. dentistry
  9. dentists
  10. dentition
  11. dentitional

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