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jaileresses

jaileresses is the plural of jaileress.

Meaning of jaileress

Noun

jaileress (plural jaileresses)

  1. (obsolete) A female jailer.
    • Sit down here, and let me cover you with my cloak, and we will eat the supper our good jaileresses have provided; we have had nothing since daybreak.1870, Frances Eastwood, Geoffrey the Lollard, page 171

Questions about jaileresses

What is jaileresses the plural of?
Jaileresses is the plural of jaileress.

Words near jaileresses in the dictionary

  1. jailed
  2. jailee
  3. jailees
  4. jailer
  5. jaileress
  6. jaileresses
  7. jailering
  8. jailers
  9. jailership
  10. jailerships
  11. jailfodder

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