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neatresse

neatresse noun: a woman who takes care of cattle.

Noun

neatresse (plural neatresses)

  1. (nonce-word, obsolete) A woman who takes care of cattle.
    • The Neatreſſe longing for the reſt, did egge him on to tell / How faire ſhe vvas, and vvho ſhe vvas.1586, William Warner, “The Fourth Booke. Chapter XX.”, in Albions England. Or Historicall Map of the Same Island: […], London: […] George Robinson [and R. Ward] for Thomas Cadman, […], →OCLC, page 86

Forms of neatresse

pluralneatresses

Origin of neatresse

From neat (“cattle collectively”) + -resse.

Questions about neatresse

What does neatresse mean?
Neatresse means a woman who takes care of cattle.
What part of speech is neatresse?
Neatresse is a noun.
What is the plural of neatresse?
The plural of neatresse is neatresses.

Words near neatresse in the dictionary

  1. neatniks
  2. neato
  3. neato burrito
  4. neato mosquito
  5. neato torpedo
  6. neatresse
  7. neatresses
  8. neatrup
  9. neatrups
  10. neats
  11. neatsfoot

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