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muletress

muletress noun: a female muleteer.

Noun

muletress (plural muletresses)

  1. (archaic) A female muleteer.
    • From this romance — something like which the muletress seemed to think might well happen concerning herself — we passed lightly to speak of kindred things, the muletress responding gayly between the blows she bestowed upon her beast.1867, W. D. Howells, Italian Journeys, page 121

Forms of muletress

pluralmuletresses

Origin of muletress

From muleteer + -ess.

Questions about muletress

What does muletress mean?
Muletress means a female muleteer.
What part of speech is muletress?
Muletress is a noun.
What is the plural of muletress?
The plural of muletress is muletresses.

Words near muletress in the dictionary

  1. muleteer
  2. muleteering
  3. muleteers
  4. Muleton
  5. Muletons
  6. muletress
  7. muletresses
  8. mulets
  9. muletta
  10. mulettas
  11. muley

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