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lieutenantesses

lieutenantesses is the plural of lieutenantess.

Meaning of lieutenantess

Noun

lieutenantess (plural lieutenantesses)

  1. (dated) A female lieutenant.
    • To the Queen of Arragon. To the most illuſtrious Queen, our moſt dear and moſt beloved Wife, and Lieutenanteſs generall.1654, “Manner of writing used by the Arragonian Kings of Naples writing to divers Princes”, in Parthenopoeia, or the History of the Most Noble and Renowned Kingdom of Naples, with the Dominions...

Questions about lieutenantesses

What is lieutenantesses the plural of?
Lieutenantesses is the plural of lieutenantess.

Words near lieutenantesses in the dictionary

  1. lieutenant-generals
  2. lieutenant-governor
  3. lieutenant-governors
  4. lieutenantcy
  5. lieutenantess
  6. lieutenantesses
  7. lieutenantry
  8. lieutenants
  9. lieutenants colonel
  10. lieutenants general
  11. lieutenants junior grade

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