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investress

investress noun: a female investor.

Noun

investress (plural investresses)

  1. a female investor.
    • There is an excellent chapter on will and estate planning, as well as how and where you should go to become an investress and why some stocks are called preferred and others common.1951, Saturday Review of Literature, page 148
    • It's an investment in which the investor or investress knows what they're doing and knows the positive and negative signs to watch as the value of their investment grows.1991, Howard Farran, The Business of Dentistry, page 376

Forms of investress

pluralinvestresses

Origin of investress

From invest + -ess.

Questions about investress

What does investress mean?
Investress means a female investor.
What part of speech is investress?
Investress is a noun.
What is the plural of investress?
The plural of investress is investresses.

Words near investress in the dictionary

  1. investor
  2. investorism
  3. investors
  4. investorship
  5. investorships
  6. investress
  7. investresses
  8. invests
  9. investure
  10. investured
  11. investures

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