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inspectresses

inspectresses is the plural of inspectress.

Meaning of inspectress

Noun

inspectress (plural inspectresses)

  1. (archaic) 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
    Synonyms:
    inspectrix

Questions about inspectresses

What is inspectresses the plural of?
Inspectresses is the plural of inspectress.

Words near inspectresses in the dictionary

  1. inspectoscope
  2. inspectoscopes
  3. inspectour
  4. inspectours
  5. inspectress
  6. inspectresses
  7. inspectrices
  8. inspectrix
  9. inspects
  10. inspects the plumbing
  11. insperse

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