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innkeeperess

innkeeperess noun: a female innkeeper.

Noun

innkeeperess (plural innkeeperesses)

  1. (dated) A female innkeeper.
    • […]; felt uneasy, and still more so when the inkeeperess pulled my beard and was complimentary.1873, John Burley Waring, A Record of My Artistic Life, page 89
    • Between this individual and the crowd—among which John recognized the innkeeperess in a clean apron—were John’s three tormentors of the night before, looking hangdog between two large Dilbians carrying axes over their shoulders.1961, Gordon R. Dickson, Spacial Delivery; republished United Kingdom: Orion Publishing Group, 29 September 2011, →ISBN

Forms of innkeeperess

pluralinnkeeperesses
alternative forminnkeepress

Origin of innkeeperess

From innkeeper + -ess.

Questions about innkeeperess

What does innkeeperess mean?
Innkeeperess means a female innkeeper.
What part of speech is innkeeperess?
Innkeeperess is a noun.
What is the plural of innkeeperess?
The plural of innkeeperess is innkeeperesses.

Words near innkeeperess in the dictionary

  1. innixions
  2. innkeep
  3. innkeeper
  4. innkeeper worm
  5. innkeeper worms
  6. innkeeperess
  7. innkeeperesses
  8. innkeepers
  9. innkeeping
  10. innkeepress
  11. innkeeps

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