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killeresses

killeresses is the plural of killeress.

Meaning of killeress

Noun

killeress (plural killeresses)

  1. a female killer
    • Get out of the way of the killeress." And she, worse than ever leper before, was in solitude in the midst of life. She lived anyhow, slept anywhere, and was never greeted by sign or voice.1869, Le Mesurier Hunt, Peeps at Brittany: The Bretons, and Breton Literature, page 116

Questions about killeresses

What is killeresses the plural of?
Killeresses is the plural of killeress.

Words near killeresses in the dictionary

  1. killer T cells
  2. killer whale
  3. killer whales
  4. killerball
  5. killeress
  6. killeresses
  7. killerish
  8. killerly
  9. killers
  10. killership
  11. killery

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