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mentoress

mentoress noun: a female mentor.

Noun

mentoress (plural mentoresses)

  1. A female mentor.
    • “Whatever temptation Plutus may offer,” said my worldly mentoress, “never, Lionel, let the golden bait induce you to marry any girl whose antecedents you must have to explain—whom you must be the first to introduce.1853, Margaret Charlotte Jones, Scattered Leaves: Or, Twilight Trifles, London: George Routledge and Co., page 441
    • “Men admire you in the ball-room,” say the mentors and mentoresses, “but they choose a wife from the home-circle.”1865, Gail Hamilton, A New Atmosphere, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, page 8
    Synonyms:
    mentrix

Synonyms of mentoress

Forms of mentoress

pluralmentoresses
alternative formmentress

Origin of mentoress

From mentor + -ess.

Questions about mentoress

What does mentoress mean?
Mentoress means a female mentor.
What part of speech is mentoress?
Mentoress is a noun.
What is the plural of mentoress?
The plural of mentoress is mentoresses.

Words near mentoress in the dictionary

  1. mentor
  2. mentorable
  3. mentored
  4. mentoree
  5. mentorees
  6. mentoress
  7. mentoresses
  8. mentorial
  9. mentorially
  10. mentoring
  11. mentorings

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