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hatress

hatress noun: a female hater.

Noun

hatress (plural hatresses)

  1. (archaic) A female hater.
    • […] a man-hatress, as clever girls so often are […]1893, The Eagle: A Magazine Support by Members of St. John's College, page 176
    • How characteristic, again, of the man-hatress is Nausicaa's attempt to make out that in Ulyssses she had found a man to whom she really might become attached — if there were no obstacle to their union.1897, Samuel Butler, The Authoress of the Odyssey, page 145

Forms of hatress

pluralhatresses

Origin of hatress

From hater + -ess.

Questions about hatress

What does hatress mean?
Hatress means a female hater.
What part of speech is hatress?
Hatress is a noun.
What is the plural of hatress?
The plural of hatress is hatresses.

Words near hatress in the dictionary

  1. hatredly
  2. hatredness
  3. hatreds
  4. Hatrene
  5. Hatrenes
  6. hatress
  7. hatresses
  8. hatriot
  9. hatriots
  10. hatrurite
  11. hats

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