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fomentresses

fomentresses is the plural of fomentress.

Meaning of fomentress

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

Questions about fomentresses

What is fomentresses the plural of?
Fomentresses is the plural of fomentress.

Words near fomentresses in the dictionary

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

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