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fomentress

fomentress noun: a female fomenter.

Noun

fomentress (plural fomentresses)

  1. (dated) A female fomenter.
    • The Midianitish princess, the chief fomentress of the whole offence, shared in his fate. Twenty-four thousand were slain on the whole; but the rest of the congregation lay before the door of the tabernacle, weeping and humbling themselves before God, although they had not sinned in like manner...1838, G. D. Krummacher, Israel's Wanderings, page 319

Forms of fomentress

pluralfomentresses

Origin of fomentress

From fomenter + -ess.

Questions about fomentress

What does fomentress mean?
Fomentress means a female fomenter.
What part of speech is fomentress?
Fomentress is a noun.
What is the plural of fomentress?
The plural of fomentress is fomentresses.

Words near fomentress in the dictionary

  1. fomented
  2. fomenter
  3. fomenters
  4. fomenteth
  5. fomenting
  6. fomentress
  7. fomentresses
  8. foments
  9. fomepizole
  10. fomes
  11. fomiroid

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