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proprietress

proprietress noun: a female proprietor.

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

proprietress meaning in Malayalam and Sanskrit

proprietress in Malayalam

ഉടമസ്ഥ

proprietress in Sanskrit

a proprietress, mistress, lady
स्वामिनी svāminī

Synonyms of proprietress

Forms of proprietress

pluralproprietresses
alternative formproprietess
alternative formproprietoress

Origin of proprietress

From proprietor + -ess.

Questions about proprietress

What does proprietress mean?
Proprietress means a female proprietor.
What is proprietress in Malayalam?
Proprietress in Malayalam is ഉടമസ്ഥ. See Proprietress meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is proprietress?
Proprietress is a noun.
What is the plural of proprietress?
The plural of proprietress is proprietresses.

Words near proprietress in the dictionary

  1. proprietorships
  2. proprietory
  3. proprietous
  4. proprietously
  5. proprietousness
  6. proprietress
  7. proprietresses
  8. proprietrices
  9. proprietrix
  10. proprietrixes
  11. propriety

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: proprietress (page history and authors); proprietress (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); स्वामिनी (Sanskrit) (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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