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innkeepress

innkeepress noun: a female innkeeper.

Noun

innkeepress (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) A female innkeeper.
    • Which reminds me of our last, and most disappointing, visit to the “innkeepress and his beautiful girl.”1923, Norman Douglas, Together, page 190
    • […] and his engrossing but ephemeral love-affair with the daughter of the “innkeepress” at Tiefis, Mr. Douglas gives his sparkling humour full rein.1924, Bookman's Journal with which is Incorporated the Print Collector, page 25

Forms of innkeepress

alternative forminnkeeperess

Origin of innkeepress

From innkeeper + -ess.

Questions about innkeepress

What does innkeepress mean?
Innkeepress means a female innkeeper.
What part of speech is innkeepress?
Innkeepress is a noun.

Words near innkeepress in the dictionary

  1. innkeeper worms
  2. innkeeperess
  3. innkeeperesses
  4. innkeepers
  5. innkeeping
  6. innkeepress
  7. innkeeps
  8. Innlandet
  9. innless
  10. innlike
  11. innocence

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