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goddesses

goddesses is the plural of goddess.

Meaning of goddess

Noun

goddess (plural goddesses)

  1. A female deity.
    • […] since the goddess Antu did not hold a prominent status at Uruk before the fifth century. The primary purpose of MLC 1890 was evidently to present Antu as universal goddess and all-encompassing cosmic location.2019 January 8, Christine Proust, John Steele, Scholars and Scholarship in Late Babylonian Uruk, Springer, →ISBN, page 248
  2. (figuratively) An incredibly beautiful, gorgeous, sexy, attractive woman honored and adored for her beauty or of superior charm and intelligence.
    • The girls who had tormented me in high school had fallen, hard, from their pedestals. The cheerleader goddesses were Wal-Mart moms, wearing enough eyeliner and dark shadow to supply a Goth nightclub for a month.2014, Mary Castillo, Caridad Pineiro Scordato, Berta Platas, Friday Night Chicas: Sexy Stories from La Noche, page 216
  3. (figuratively) A woman of substantial authority or influence.

See all 6 meanings of goddess

Phrases with goddesses

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Questions about goddesses

What is goddesses the plural of?
Goddesses is the plural of goddess.

Words near goddesses in the dictionary

  1. goddess-ship
  2. goddess-ships
  3. goddessdammit
  4. goddessdamn
  5. goddesse
  6. goddesses
  7. goddesship
  8. goddesships
  9. goddesshood
  10. goddessless
  11. goddesslessness

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