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jointresses

jointresses is the plural of jointress.

Meaning of jointress

Noun

jointress (plural jointresses)

  1. A widow who has a jointure; a dowager.
    • Therefore our ſometimes Siſter, now our Queen,
      Th’ imperiall Ioyntreſſe of this warlike State,
      Haue we, as ’twere, with a defeated ioy,
      With one Auſpicious, and one Dropping eye,
      With mirth in Funerall, and with Dirge in Marriage,
      In equall Scale weighing Delight and Dole
      Taken to Wife […]c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Questions about jointresses

What is jointresses the plural of?
Jointresses is the plural of jointress.

Words near jointresses in the dictionary

  1. jointly
  2. jointly and severally
  3. jointness
  4. jointnesses
  5. jointress
  6. jointresses
  7. joints
  8. jointure
  9. jointured
  10. jointureless
  11. jointures

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