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Polesses

Polesses is the plural of Poless.

Meaning of Poless

Noun

Poless (plural Polesses)

  1. (archaic, rare) A female Pole; a Polish woman.
    • What was more to the purpose, he seems to have amended his conduct he had married while at Posen; his wife, a fair Poless, was possessed of many graces, and of contentment and submissiveness without limit; […]1827, [Thomas Carlyle], “E[rnst] T[heodor] W[ilhelm] Hoffmann”, in German Romance: Specimens of Its Chief Authors; […], volume II (Containing Tieck and Hoffmann), Edinburgh: William Tait, […]...

Questions about Polesses

What is Polesses the plural of?
Polesses is the plural of Poless.

Words near Polesses in the dictionary

  1. polesmoker
  2. polesmokers
  3. polespear
  4. polespears
  5. Poless
  6. Polesses
  7. Polessia
  8. Polessian
  9. Polessians
  10. polestar
  11. polestars

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