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fautresses

fautresses is the plural of fautress.

Meaning of fautress

Noun

fautress (plural fautresses)

  1. (obsolete) A patroness.
    • Ever they cried to him. And this even his wise breast did move
      To more desire of victory, it made him pray, and prove,
      Minerva's aid, his fautress still: "O Goddess, hear," said he,
      "And to my feet stoop with thy help, now happy fautress be."1598-1616, George Chapman (translator), Homer's Iliad

Questions about fautresses

What is fautresses the plural of?
Fautresses is the plural of fautress.

Words near fautresses in the dictionary

  1. fautors
  2. fautorship
  3. fautour
  4. fautours
  5. fautress
  6. fautresses
  7. fautrix
  8. fauve
  9. Fauver
  10. Fauvers
  11. fauves

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