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sheriffesses

sheriffesses is the plural of sheriffess.

Meaning of sheriffess

Noun

sheriffess (plural sheriffesses)

  1. A female sheriff.
    • The Lady Anne Clifford, only Daughter of George Earl of Cumberland, now Lady Clifford, Westmoreland, and Vescy, Countess Dowager of Pembrook, Dorset, and Montgomery, Hereditary Sheriffess of this County, and owner of the Honour of Shipton in Craven in Yorkshire.1673, An Alphabetical Account of the Nobility and Gentrey, which are (or lately were) related unto the several Counties of England and Wales: […], London, published 1892, page 98

Questions about sheriffesses

What is sheriffesses the plural of?
Sheriffesses is the plural of sheriffess.

Words near sheriffesses in the dictionary

  1. sheriffcy
  2. sheriffdom
  3. sheriffdoms
  4. sheriffed
  5. sheriffess
  6. sheriffesses
  7. Sheriffhales
  8. sheriffhood
  9. sheriffing
  10. sheriffries
  11. sheriffry

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