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lady abbesses

lady abbesses is the plural of lady abbess.

Meaning of lady abbess

Noun

lady abbess (plural lady abbesses)

  1. (euphemistic, obsolete, rare) A bawd, the mistress of a brothel.
    • That Lady Abbess of all secret sin. / Swears that she is so lean and ugly grown, / She will not pass with her for half a crown, / Yet Stamford's countess does admire her wit, / But likes it most because 'tis lewdly writ.ca 1670–80, ?, Description of a Poetress
    Synonyms:
    madam, abbess

Questions about lady abbesses

What is lady abbesses the plural of?
Lady abbesses is the plural of lady abbess.

Words near lady abbesses in the dictionary

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  2. Ladwig
  3. Ladwigs
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  8. Lady Amherst
  9. Lady Amherst's pheasant
  10. Lady Amherst's pheasants
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