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sophistresses

sophistresses is the plural of sophistress.

Meaning of sophistress

Noun

sophistress (plural sophistresses)

  1. (archaic, derogatory, historical) A female sophist.
    • Now the mighty Sophistress is o’erthrown!1677, Thomas D’Urfey, A Fond Husband, London: James Magnes & Richard Bentley, Act V, Scene 5, p. 61

Questions about sophistresses

What is sophistresses the plural of?
Sophistresses is the plural of sophistress.

Words near sophistresses in the dictionary

  1. sophisticism
  2. sophisticisms
  3. sophisto
  4. sophistos
  5. sophistress
  6. sophistresses
  7. sophistries
  8. sophistry
  9. sophists
  10. sophmore
  11. sopho-

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