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knavesses

knavesses is the plural of knavess.

Meaning of knavess

Noun

knavess (plural knavesses)

  1. (archaic) A knavish woman.
    • Cullies, the easy cushions on which knaves and knavesses repose and fatten, have at all times existed, in considerable profusion1833, Thomas Carlyle, Count Cagliostro

Questions about knavesses

What is knavesses the plural of?
Knavesses is the plural of knavess.

Words near knavesses in the dictionary

  1. knaves of hearts
  2. knaves of spades
  3. knaveship
  4. knaveships
  5. knavess
  6. knavesses
  7. knavish
  8. knavishly
  9. knavishness
  10. knaw
  11. knawed

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