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notaresses

notaresses is the plural of notaress.

Meaning of notaress

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

Questions about notaresses

What is notaresses the plural of?
Notaresses is the plural of notaress.

Words near notaresses in the dictionary

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

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