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laddess

laddess noun: a young woman.

Noun

laddess (plural laddesses)

  1. (rare) A young woman.
    • Oh! ye lads and ye laddesses gay1825, The Songster's Multum in Parvo, page 36
    • I know that he is a very amiable lad, and I do not know that she is not as amiable a laddess, but I had rather see their house comfortably when they are not there.1890, Horace Walpole, Charles Duke Yonge, Letters, selected and ed. by C. D. Yonge, volume 2, page 88

Forms of laddess

pluralladdesses

Origin of laddess

From lad + -ess.

Questions about laddess

What does laddess mean?
Laddess means a young woman.
What part of speech is laddess?
Laddess is a noun.
What is the plural of laddess?
The plural of laddess is laddesses.

Words near laddess in the dictionary

  1. laddertrons
  2. ladderway
  3. ladderways
  4. ladderwise
  5. laddery
  6. laddess
  7. laddesses
  8. laddette
  9. laddettes
  10. laddie
  11. laddies

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