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dogess

dogess is the alternative spelling of doggess.

Meaning of doggess

Noun

doggess (plural doggesses)

  1. (rare) A female dog.
    • The sound even called back the departing senses of the dying doggess. She drew me to her with her paws, and made an effort to lick me. The action quite melted me.1856, Pictures of Comical People, with Stories about Them, page 158
    Synonyms:
    bitch
  2. (derogatory, offensive, rare) A woman.
    • Ten rappers were cited in the legislation, along with an excerpt from an 1811 dictionary that defined the word as “A she dog, or doggess; the most offensive appellation that can be given to an English woman.”2007 August 7, Michael M. Grynbaum, “It’s a Female Dog, or Worse. Or Endearing. And Illegal?”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    bitch

Noun

dogess (plural dogesses)

  1. Synonym of dogaressa (“wife of a doge”).
    • The Reflecter, without citing his Author for it, pretends, that no Dogeſs can be Crowned, and that the Inquiſitors made a Decree againſt it.1688, Animadversions on the Reflections upon Dr. B’s Travels, page 41
    • The Dogeſſes are excluded from having any ſhare in thoſe ſhadows of Honour which are paid to their Husbands, which is an Effect of the Frugality of the Government; and indeed, the Republick has no need of two Mock-Soveraigns.1695, “Letter XXIII.”, in A New Voyage to Italy, with a Description of the Chief Towns, Churches, Tombs, Libraries, Palaces, Statues, and Antiquities of that Country. […], volume II, London: […] R....
    Synonyms:
    dogaressa

Synonyms of dogess

Forms of dogess

pluraldogesses

Origin of dogess

From doge + -ess. Doublet of dogaressa and duchess.

Questions about dogess

What does dogess mean?
Dogess means synonym of dogaressa (“wife of a doge”).
What is dogess the alternative spelling of?
Dogess is the alternative spelling of doggess.
What part of speech is dogess?
Dogess is a noun.
What is the plural of dogess?
The plural of dogess is dogesses.

Words near dogess in the dictionary

  1. DOGErs
  2. doges
  3. dogese
  4. dogeship
  5. dogeships
  6. dogess
  7. dogesses
  8. dogette
  9. dogettes
  10. dogey
  11. dogeys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dogess (page history and authors); doggess (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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