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groceress

groceress noun: a female grocer.

Noun

groceress (plural groceresses)

  1. (dated) A female grocer.
    • 'I can recollect Mrs. Winter very well, if nobody else can,' said the aged groceress.1891, Thomas Hardy, The Winters and The Palmleys

Forms of groceress

pluralgroceresses

Origin of groceress

From grocer + -ess.

Questions about groceress

What does groceress mean?
Groceress means a female grocer.
What part of speech is groceress?
Groceress is a noun.
What is the plural of groceress?
The plural of groceress is groceresses.

Words near groceress in the dictionary

  1. grocerants
  2. groceraunt
  3. groceraunts
  4. grocerdom
  5. grocered
  6. groceress
  7. groceresses
  8. groceria
  9. grocerias
  10. groceried
  11. groceries

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