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pedleress

pedleress is the alternative form of peddleress.

Meaning of peddleress

Noun

peddleress (plural peddleresses)

  1. (dated) A female peddler.
    • This privacy impels them to learn as much of the world as they can, and among the rich, their curiosity is gratified through maid-servants, matchmakers, peddleresses, visitors, and others.1871, S. Wells Williams, The Middle Kindom, page 56

Forms of pedleress

pluralpedleresses

Origin of pedleress

From pedler + -ess.

Questions about pedleress

What is pedleress the alternative form of?
Pedleress is the alternative form of peddleress.

Words near pedleress in the dictionary

  1. pedlaresses
  2. pedlaries
  3. pedlars
  4. pedlary
  5. pedler
  6. pedleress
  7. pedleresses
  8. pedleries
  9. pedlers
  10. pedlery
  11. Pedley

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pedleress (page history and authors); peddleress (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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