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grandmistress

grandmistress noun: a female grandmaster.

Noun

grandmistress (plural grandmistresses)

  1. (rare) A female grandmaster.
    • The St. Petersburg grandmistress blundered on the 29th move of a Kramnik Sicilian and resigned three moves later.2003, Andy Soltis, Los Voraces 2019: A Chess Novel, page 42

Forms of grandmistress

pluralgrandmistresses

Origin of grandmistress

From grand + mistress.

Questions about grandmistress

What does grandmistress mean?
Grandmistress means a female grandmaster.
What part of speech is grandmistress?
Grandmistress is a noun.
What is the plural of grandmistress?
The plural of grandmistress is grandmistresses.

Words near grandmistress in the dictionary

  1. grandmaternity
  2. grandmaw
  3. grandmaws
  4. grandmillennial
  5. grandmillennials
  6. grandmistress
  7. grandmistresses
  8. grandmom
  9. grandmomma
  10. grandmommas
  11. grandmommies

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