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directresses

directresses is the plural of directress.

Meaning of directress

Noun

directress (plural directresses)

  1. (dated) A female director.
    • And now a maiden […] ſupplied them, next, / With a reſplendent table, which the chaſte / Directreſs of the ſtores furniſh'd with bread / And dainties, remnants of the laſt regale.1791, Homer, “[The Odyssey.] Book I.”, in W[illiam] Cowper, transl., The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volume II, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 9...
    Synonyms:
    directrix

Questions about directresses

What is directresses the plural of?
Directresses is the plural of directress.

Words near directresses in the dictionary

  1. directory traversals
  2. directoryless
  3. directour
  4. directours
  5. directress
  6. directresses
  7. directrice
  8. directrices
  9. directrix
  10. directrixes
  11. directs

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