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regulatress

regulatress noun: a female regulator.

Noun

regulatress (plural regulatresses)

  1. (rare) A female regulator.
    • […] that it was unanimously resolved by the aforesaid village sages and venerable female regulatresses, whose wisdom was truly inscrutable […]1825 February 18, “Moral Tales”, in The New-York Mirror, and Ladies' Literary Gazette, volume 3, number 30

Forms of regulatress

pluralregulatresses

Origin of regulatress

From regulator + -ess.

Questions about regulatress

What does regulatress mean?
Regulatress means a female regulator.
What part of speech is regulatress?
Regulatress is a noun.
What is the plural of regulatress?
The plural of regulatress is regulatresses.

Words near regulatress in the dictionary

  1. regulatory entrepreneurs
  2. regulatory entrepreneurship
  3. regulatory framework
  4. regulatory frameworks
  5. regulatory law
  6. regulatress
  7. regulatresses
  8. reguli
  9. regulid
  10. regulids
  11. reguline

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