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proprietess

proprietess is the alternative form of proprietress.

Meaning of proprietress

Noun

proprietress (plural proprietresses)

  1. (dated) A female proprietor.
    • In addition, the proprietress is a Nazi. We barely escaped with our lives.1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, chapter 3, in A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN, page 55

Forms of proprietess

pluralproprietesses

Questions about proprietess

What is proprietess the alternative form of?
Proprietess is the alternative form of proprietress.

Words near proprietess in the dictionary

  1. proprietarity
  2. proprietary
  3. proprietary eponym
  4. proprietary eponyms
  5. proprietary trading
  6. proprietess
  7. proprietesses
  8. proprieties
  9. proprietive
  10. proprietor
  11. proprietoress

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Adapted from Wiktionary: proprietess (page history and authors); proprietress (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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