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haress

haress noun: a female hare.

Noun

haress (plural haresses)

  1. (rare) A female hare.
    • Five dollars buys a pedigreed pair of Belgian Hares, […] 28 × 3 = 84 new maidens, all of them haresses.1933 November, Wilbur S. Boyer, “A Biggs-Poofer Letter”, in Boys’ Life, New York, N.Y.: Boy Scouts of America, page 13, column 3
    • […] aged hare named Garth flopped on to his psychiatrist’s couch and nervously unburdened himself. […] “I can’t eat or sleep, Doc, and I’ve lost the zest for living. Even sex fails to turn me on like it used to. Why, time was when I could casually knock off a dozen haresses in a day! Now it takes...1967, Penthouse, volume 3, London; New York, N.Y.: Penthouse Publications Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 67

Examples of haress in a sentence

  • Why, time was when I could casually knock off a dozen haresses in a day!1967, Penthouse, volume 3, London; New York, N.Y.: Penthouse Publications Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 67:
  • Open early this year, so all you hares and haresses can hippity-hop (for a quick little pop) down to Scotty’s anytime after that hour.1975 March 21, Ted Shaker, “Where’s a Good Place to Eat? Your Guide to Peninsula Food, Fun and Entertainment”, in Palo Alto Times, 83rd...
  • She saw a hare following a haress. […] “I am the daughter of the Great Spirit, why is no one following me!”1987, Peter Pabisch, “H. C. Artmann”, in Donald G[eorge] Daviau, editor, Major Figures of Contemporary Austrian Literature, New York, N.Y....

Forms of haress

pluralharesses

Origin of haress

From hare + -ess.

Questions about haress

What does haress mean?
Haress means a female hare.
How do you use haress in a sentence?
Why, time was when I could casually knock off a dozen haresses in a day!
What part of speech is haress?
Haress is a noun.
What is the plural of haress?
The plural of haress is haresses.

Words near haress in the dictionary

  1. Harers
  2. hares
  3. Haresfield
  4. Hareskin Indians
  5. Haresnape
  6. haress
  7. haresses
  8. harestail
  9. harestails
  10. Harestock
  11. harewood

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