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ministress

ministress noun: a woman who ministers.

Noun

ministress (plural ministresses)

  1. (archaic) A woman who ministers.
    • Thus then at first was beauty sent from heaven,
      The lovely ministress of truth and good
      In this dark world.1744, Mark Akenside, Pleasures of Imagination
    Synonyms:
    ministrix

ministress meaning in Sanskrit and Nepali

ministress in Sanskrit

ministress, feminine of minister
मन्त्रिणी mantriṇī

ministress in Nepali

ministress, feminine of minister
मन्त्रिणी mantriṇī

Synonyms of ministress

Forms of ministress

pluralministresses

Origin of ministress

From Middle English ministresse; equivalent to minister + -ess. Compare Latin ministrīx.

Questions about ministress

What does ministress mean?
Ministress means a woman who ministers.
What is ministress in Sanskrit?
Ministress in Sanskrit is मन्त्रिणी (mantriṇī). See Ministress meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is ministress?
Ministress is a noun.
What is the plural of ministress?
The plural of ministress is ministresses.

Words near ministress in the dictionary

  1. ministrations
  2. ministrative
  3. ministre
  4. ministred
  5. ministres
  6. ministress
  7. ministresses
  8. ministries
  9. ministring
  10. ministrings
  11. ministrix

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ministress (page history and authors); मन्त्रिणी (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); मन्त्रिणी (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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