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paintresses

paintresses is the plural of paintress.

Meaning of paintress

Noun

paintress (plural paintresses)

  1. (archaic) A female painter.
    • Oosterwyck (Maria Van), a celebrated Dutch paintress of flowers and fruit, born at Nootdrop, a small town near Delft, in 1630.1838, John Gould, Biographical Dictionary of Painters, Sculptors, Engravers, and Architects, volume 2, London: G. and A. Greenland, Poultry, →OL, keyword “Oosterwyck”, page 380
    Synonyms:
    paintrix

Questions about paintresses

What is paintresses the plural of?
Paintresses is the plural of paintress.

Words near paintresses in the dictionary

  1. paintovers
  2. paintpot
  3. paintpots
  4. paintproof
  5. paintress
  6. paintresses
  7. paintrices
  8. paintrix
  9. paintroot
  10. paints
  11. paints a rosy picture

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