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gaoloress

gaoloress is the rare form of gaoleress.

Meaning of gaoleress

Noun

gaoleress (plural gaoleresses)

  1. (Commonwealth) Dated spelling of jaileress.
    • [Y]esterday my saucy gaoleress assured me, that all my oppositions would not signify that pinch of snuff, holding out her genteel finger and thumb […].1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LVI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […]...

Forms of gaoloress

pluralgaoloresses

Origin of gaoloress

From gaolor + -ess.

Questions about gaoloress

What is gaoloress the rare form of?
Gaoloress is the rare form of gaoleress.

Words near gaoloress in the dictionary

  1. gaolless
  2. gaollike
  3. gaolmate
  4. gaolmates
  5. gaolor
  6. gaoloress
  7. gaoloresses
  8. gaolors
  9. gaols
  10. gaolward
  11. gaolwards

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