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neatresses

neatresses is the plural of neatresse.

Meaning of neatresse

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

Questions about neatresses

What is neatresses the plural of?
Neatresses is the plural of neatresse.

Words near neatresses in the dictionary

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

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