inspectress
inspectress noun: a female inspector.
Noun
inspectress (plural inspectresses)
- A female inspector.
- If, after due warning, our light-minded friends will write to us in terms that mislike that excellent and punctilious inspectress, they must aby it in the cold looks and bitter innuendoes which will be their portion when they come to us in the next hunting season.1859, George A. Lawrence, Sword and Gown
- They haven't made you an inspectress of boarded-out workhouse children, have they? or sent you down to improve the breed of hens?1906, George A. Birmingham, Hyacinth
- Synonyms:
- inspectrix
Synonyms of inspectress
Forms of inspectress
| plural | inspectresses |
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Origin of inspectress
From inspector + -ess.
Questions about inspectress
- What does inspectress mean?
- Inspectress means a female inspector.
- What part of speech is inspectress?
- Inspectress is a noun.
- What is the plural of inspectress?
- The plural of inspectress is inspectresses.
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