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suggestress

suggestress noun: a woman who suggests.

Noun

suggestress (plural suggestresses)

  1. (rare) A woman who suggests.
    • the suggestress of suicides1845, Thomas De Quincey, Suspiria de Profundis: Being a Sequel to the Confessions of an English Opium-eater

Forms of suggestress

pluralsuggestresses

Origin of suggestress

From suggester + -ess.

Questions about suggestress

What does suggestress mean?
Suggestress means a woman who suggests.
What part of speech is suggestress?
Suggestress is a noun.
What is the plural of suggestress?
The plural of suggestress is suggestresses.

Words near suggestress in the dictionary

  1. suggestopedia
  2. suggestopedic
  3. suggestopedy
  4. suggestor
  5. suggestors
  6. suggestress
  7. suggestresses
  8. suggests
  9. suggests itself
  10. suggestum
  11. suggestums

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