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herbmistress

herbmistress noun: a female herbmaster.

Noun

herbmistress (plural herbmistresses)

  1. A female herbmaster.
    • Her mother is the queen, the most knowledgeable herbmistress and healer in Eriu.1988, Diana L[ucile] Paxson, The White Raven, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, →ISBN, page 77
    • “And because of these facets of the craft, partial adepts can also sometimes be herbmistresses or herbmasters.”2006, Robert Newcomb, Savage Messiah, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 19

Forms of herbmistress

pluralherbmistresses

Origin of herbmistress

From herb + mistress.

Questions about herbmistress

What does herbmistress mean?
Herbmistress means a female herbmaster.
What part of speech is herbmistress?
Herbmistress is a noun.
What is the plural of herbmistress?
The plural of herbmistress is herbmistresses.

Words near herbmistress in the dictionary

  1. herblore
  2. herbman
  3. herbmaster
  4. herbmasters
  5. herbmen
  6. herbmistress
  7. herbmistresses
  8. herbogenomics
  9. Herbold
  10. Herbolds
  11. herbologist

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