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dictatresses

dictatresses is the plural of dictatress.

Meaning of dictatress

Noun

dictatress (plural dictatresses)

  1. A female dictator; a dictatorial state personified as female.
    • […] two things he promised her, and performed for her, which were tokens of a mercilesse heart, the balefull death of his son, and the chaunge of the state, in such sort that Aurelia Orestilla should be the Dictatresse of Rome.1601, William Fulbecke, An Historicall Collection of the Continuall Factions, Tumults, and Massacres of the Romans and Italians, London: William Ponsonby, Book 1, Page 86
    Synonyms:
    dictatrix

Questions about dictatresses

What is dictatresses the plural of?
Dictatresses is the plural of dictatress.

Words near dictatresses in the dictionary

  1. dictatour
  2. dictatours
  3. dictatourship
  4. dictatourships
  5. dictatress
  6. dictatresses
  7. dictatrices
  8. dictatrix
  9. dictature
  10. dictatures
  11. dictier

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