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notaress

notaress noun: a female notary.

Noun

notaress (plural notaresses)

  1. (dated) A female notary.
    • Plains-moi, je passe mes soirées avec des clercs de notaire, des notaresses, des caissiers, un usurier de province; et, certes, il y a loin de là aux soirées de la rue de Grenelle.1888 [1844], Honoré de Balzac, translated by Katharine^([sic]) Prescott Wormeley, “A Diplomatic Letter”, in Modeste Mignon, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers […], →OCLC, page 308

Forms of notaress

pluralnotaresses

Origin of notaress

From notary + -ess.

Questions about notaress

What does notaress mean?
Notaress means a female notary.
What part of speech is notaress?
Notaress is a noun.
What is the plural of notaress?
The plural of notaress is notaresses.

Words near notaress in the dictionary

  1. notaphilic
  2. notaphilist
  3. notaphilists
  4. notaphily
  5. NOTAR
  6. notaress
  7. notaresses
  8. notaria
  9. notarial
  10. notarially
  11. notaries

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