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proprietresses

proprietresses is the plural 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

Questions about proprietresses

What is proprietresses the plural of?
Proprietresses is the plural of proprietress.

Words near proprietresses in the dictionary

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

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