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perpetratresses

perpetratresses is the plural of perpetratress.

Meaning of perpetratress

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

Questions about perpetratresses

What is perpetratresses the plural of?
Perpetratresses is the plural of perpetratress.

Words near perpetratresses in the dictionary

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

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