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sorceresses

sorceresses is the plural of sorceress.

Meaning of sorceress

Noun

sorceress (plural sorceresses)

  1. A female sorcerer, especially one who is elegant; compare witch.
    • The strange-looking chamber, the red glare of the charcoal, her tall form, and long black hair loose, realised the wildest dream of one of the sorceresses of old, bending over herb and drug, to form their potent spells.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Laboratory”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 328

Questions about sorceresses

What is sorceresses the plural of?
Sorceresses is the plural of sorceress.

Words near sorceresses in the dictionary

  1. sorcerers stone
  2. sorcerers stones
  3. sorcerers' stone
  4. sorcerers' stones
  5. sorceress
  6. sorceresses
  7. sorcerial
  8. sorceries
  9. sorcering
  10. sorcerings
  11. sorcerise

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