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perpetratress

perpetratress noun: a female perpetrator.

Noun

perpetratress (plural perpetratresses)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A female perpetrator.
    • He changed colour, and looked at Mr. Ashburnham and the Duke of Richmond, whilst a titter of gratified malignity at being successful in wounding a nobler soul than their own, discovered to their astonished monarch the perpetratresses of a graceless, heartless disloyalty whose existence he never...1844, Hampton Court, or, The prophecy fulfilled, page 291
    Synonyms:
    perpetratrix

Synonyms of perpetratress

Forms of perpetratress

pluralperpetratresses

Origin of perpetratress

From perpetrator + -ess.

Questions about perpetratress

What does perpetratress mean?
Perpetratress means a female perpetrator.
What part of speech is perpetratress?
Perpetratress is a noun.
What is the plural of perpetratress?
The plural of perpetratress is perpetratresses.

Words near perpetratress in the dictionary

  1. perpetratorhood
  2. perpetratorhoods
  3. perpetratorless
  4. perpetratorness
  5. perpetrators
  6. perpetratress
  7. perpetratresses
  8. perpetratrix
  9. perpets
  10. perpetuable
  11. perpetual

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