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gamestress

gamestress noun: a female gamester.

Noun

gamestress (plural gamestresses)

  1. (archaic) A female gamester.
    • Lady Buckinghamshire, it may be remarked, was, perhaps, the most notorious gamestress of her day. She actually slept with a pair of pistols and a blunderbuss by her side for the protection of her cherished bank.1896, Horace Williams Fuller, Thomas Tileston Baldwin, Sydney Russell Wrightington, The Green Bag, volume 8

Forms of gamestress

pluralgamestresses

Origin of gamestress

From gamester + -ess.

Questions about gamestress

What does gamestress mean?
Gamestress means a female gamester.
What part of speech is gamestress?
Gamestress is a noun.
What is the plural of gamestress?
The plural of gamestress is gamestresses.

Words near gamestress in the dictionary

  1. gamesplayer
  2. gamesplayers
  3. gamest
  4. gamester
  5. gamesters
  6. gamestress
  7. gamestresses
  8. gamesy
  9. Gamet
  10. gametal
  11. gametange

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