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harpresses

harpresses is the plural of harpress.

Meaning of harpress

Noun

harpress (plural harpresses)

  1. (archaic) A female harpist.
    • the soft sigh of the evening breeze in the rustling leaves of an aspen which overhung the seat of the fair harpress1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London...

Questions about harpresses

What is harpresses the plural of?
Harpresses is the plural of harpress.

Words near harpresses in the dictionary

  1. harpoonings
  2. harpoonless
  3. harpoons
  4. Harpootlian
  5. harpress
  6. harpresses
  7. harps
  8. harps of David
  9. harps on
  10. harps on one string
  11. harps on the same string

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