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josephs

josephs is the plural of joseph.

Meaning of joseph

Noun

joseph (plural josephs)

  1. (capitalized, sometimes) A woman's riding habit worn in the 18th century with a long cape and buttons running down the front.
    • Some women, I grant, would not appear to advantage seated on a pillion, and attired in a drab joseph and a drab beaver-bonnet . . . travelling on pillions in snowy weather was unpleasant, though a joseph was a great protection . . . these ladies were so taken by surprise at finding such a lovely...1861, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XI, in Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC

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Noun capitalized: Josephs

Josephs

  1. (plural) plural of Joseph

Questions about josephs

What is josephs the plural of?
Josephs is the plural of joseph.
What part of speech is josephs?
Josephs is a noun.

Words near josephs in the dictionary

  1. Josepholatry
  2. Josephological
  3. Josephologist
  4. Josephologists
  5. Josephology
  6. josephs
  7. Josephson
  8. Josephson effect
  9. Josephson junction
  10. Josephson junctions
  11. Josephsons

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