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generalesses

generalesses is the plural of generaless.

Meaning of generaless

Noun

generaless (plural generalesses)

  1. A female general.
    • I tried to shield my nakedness with hands and leaves, but Tatu the amazon generaless, pulled away my fingers and put one of those many-thonged whips into them.1959, Saul Bellow, Henderson the Rain King, Viking
  2. The wife of a general.
    • The Generaless Catherine Booth read a letter which she addressed to the Queen, summoning her in the name of her religion and of her sex to dry up the stream of impurity.1886, Yves Guyot, English and French morality, from a Frenchman's point of view (The Modern Press) pp. 36–37, ditto

Questions about generalesses

What is generalesses the plural of?
Generalesses is the plural of generaless.

Words near generalesses in the dictionary

  1. Generala
  2. generalcies
  3. generalcy
  4. generaled
  5. generaless
  6. generalesses
  7. generalia
  8. generaling
  9. generalisability
  10. generalisable
  11. generalisation

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