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New Zealandress

New Zealandress noun: a female New Zealander.

Noun

New Zealandress (plural New Zealandresses)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A female New Zealander.
    • …her last despairing, supplicating look, as she was taken a few yards off, and killed, by that virago, Mrs. Haupapa—the fiendish New Zealandress.1866, John Alexander Wilson, The Story of Te Waharoa … A Chapter in Early New Zealand History, →ISBN, page 54
    • Being an easily enfranchised New Zealandress, I found myself lodged midway between the two camps…1912 December 14, Mrs. Leopold Myers, “Pankhurst and Party.”, in New Zealand Herald, page 1

Examples of New Zealandress in a sentence

  • Neptunes in hempen wigs waltzed with the lean New Zealandress, who had stuck flowers from a hat into her fair hair, to impersonate Oceania.1928, Marc Chadourne, Vasco, →ISBN, page 87:
  • The New Zealandress is as sports-minded as her brother…1977, Nina and Jim Munro, A Taste of New Zealand in Food and Pictures, →ISBN, page 92:

Forms of New Zealandress

pluralNew Zealandresses

Origin of New Zealandress

From New Zealander + -ess.

Words that rhyme with New Zealandress

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Questions about New Zealandress

What does New Zealandress mean?
New Zealandress means a female New Zealander.
How do you use New Zealandress in a sentence?
Neptunes in hempen wigs waltzed with the lean New Zealandress, who had stuck flowers from a hat into her fair hair, to impersonate Oceania.
What part of speech is New Zealandress?
New Zealandress is a noun.
What is the plural of New Zealandress?
The plural of New Zealandress is New Zealandresses.

Words near New Zealandress in the dictionary

  1. New Zealandic
  2. New Zealandish
  3. New Zealandism
  4. New Zealandisms
  5. New Zealandize
  6. New Zealandress
  7. New Zealandresses
  8. New Zealands
  9. New Zild
  10. New Zion
  11. new-

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