spideress

Examples of spideress in a sentence

• There was the great American cobweb, with the Misses Spickett and Ellman as spideresses.1905 December 8, “Young Leaguer’s Sale of Work. Bright Scenes at the Club Hall.”, in The Sevenoaks Chronicle, and Kentish Advertiser...
• Moreover Meta is one of the few “frigid” spideresses and it probably would be impossible to excite her in any case.1950, John B[attersby] Crompton Lamburn, “Courting”, in The Life of the Spider, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge, Mass....
• He had written her out of his life except as the daughter of the spider, and here she was, a new and unwanted responsibility, and a sparrow instead of a spideress.1965, Madeleine L’Engle, The Arm of the Starfish, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, published 1982, →ISBN, page 155:
• April Thornleigh – scowling as usual – had come as a spideress.2009, Scott Monk, Beyond the Knock-knock Door, Sydney, N.S.W.: Random House Australia, →ISBN, page 46:

Forms of spideress

Origin of spideress

From spider + -ess.

Questions about spideress

What does spideress mean?

Spideress means a female spider.

How do you use spideress in a sentence?

There was the great American cobweb, with the Misses Spickett and Ellman as spideresses.

What part of speech is spideress?

Spideress is a noun.

What is the plural of spideress?

The plural of spideress is spideresses.