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laboress

laboress noun: a female laborer.

Noun

laboress (plural laboresses)

  1. (dated) A female laborer.

Forms of laboress

plurallaboresses

Origin of laboress

From labor + -ess.

Questions about laboress

What does laboress mean?
Laboress means a female laborer.
What part of speech is laboress?
Laboress is a noun.
What is the plural of laboress?
The plural of laboress is laboresses.

Words near laboress in the dictionary

  1. labored breathing
  2. labored the point
  3. laboredly
  4. laborer
  5. laborers
  6. laboress
  7. laboresses
  8. laborforce
  9. laborforces
  10. Laborie
  11. laboring

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