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owneress

owneress noun: a female owner.

Noun

owneress (plural owneresses)

  1. (dated, rare) A female owner.
    • The good Doctor, who had but once since Madame de Malguet's establishment at the château entered the doors of that forbidden mansion, for the purpose of paying his respects to its owneress […]1848, Henry Whitelock Torrens, Madame de Malguet: A Tale of 1820, volume 2, page 284

owneress meaning in Marathi

owneress in Marathi

owneress, mistress
मालकीण mālkīṇ

Forms of owneress

pluralowneresses

Origin of owneress

From owner + -ess.

Questions about owneress

What does owneress mean?
Owneress means a female owner.
What is owneress in Marathi?
Owneress in Marathi is मालकीण (mālkīṇ). See Owneress meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is owneress?
Owneress is a noun.
What is the plural of owneress?
The plural of owneress is owneresses.

Words near owneress in the dictionary

  1. owner-occupiers
  2. owner-operator
  3. owner-operators
  4. owner-type jeepney
  5. owner-type jeepneys
  6. owneress
  7. owneresses
  8. ownerless
  9. ownerlessness
  10. owners
  11. owners corporation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: owneress (page history and authors); मालकीण (Marathi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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