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ostleresses

ostleresses is the plural of ostleress.

Meaning of ostleress

Noun

ostleress (plural ostleresses)

  1. A female ostler.
    • Nothing was seen or heard further of Durbeyfield in his triumphal chariot under the conduct of the ostleress, and the club having entered the allotted space, dancing began.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 21

Questions about ostleresses

What is ostleresses the plural of?
Ostleresses is the plural of ostleress.

Words near ostleresses in the dictionary

  1. Ostjaks
  2. ostkaka
  3. ostkakas
  4. ostler
  5. ostleress
  6. ostleresses
  7. ostleries
  8. ostlers
  9. ostlery
  10. Ostman
  11. Ostmans

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