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preceptresses

preceptresses is the plural of preceptress.

Meaning of preceptress

Noun

preceptress (plural preceptresses)

  1. (archaic) A female preceptor, or provider of moral instruction; a teacher.
    • ‘I daily became more amiable, and might perhaps by this time have nearly attained perfection, had not my Preceptoress been torn from my arms, e'er I had attained by seventeenth year.’1790, Jane Austen, “Jack and Alice”, in Juvenilia

Questions about preceptresses

What is preceptresses the plural of?
Preceptresses is the plural of preceptress.

Words near preceptresses in the dictionary

  1. preceptorships
  2. preceptory
  3. preceptour
  4. preceptours
  5. preceptress
  6. preceptresses
  7. precepts
  8. preceptual
  9. preceptually
  10. preceramic
  11. preceramics

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