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invitress

invitress noun: a woman who invites.

Noun

invitress (plural invitresses)

  1. (archaic) A woman who invites.
    • I know not what he said to my fair invitresses, but certainly the invitation was no more repeated.1859, Edward Fitzball, Thirty-five Years of a Dramatic Author's Life, volume 1, page 44

Forms of invitress

pluralinvitresses

Origin of invitress

From inviter + -ess.

Questions about invitress

What does invitress mean?
Invitress means a woman who invites.
What part of speech is invitress?
Invitress is a noun.
What is the plural of invitress?
The plural of invitress is invitresses.

Words near invitress in the dictionary

  1. inviteth
  2. inviting
  3. invitingly
  4. invitingness
  5. invitings
  6. invitress
  7. invitresses
  8. invitrifiable
  9. invitro
  10. invitros
  11. invitrosome

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