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suitress

suitress noun: a female supplicant or suitor.

Noun

suitress (plural suitresses)

  1. A female supplicant or suitor.
    • Beshrew me, but 'twere pity of his heart,
      That could refuse a boon to such a suitress.1714, Nicholas Rowe, Jane Shore, act III

suitress meaning in Tamil

suitress in Tamil

வழக்குத் தொகுப்பவள், கோரிக்கையிடும் பெண், மண இணைவு நாடும் அணங்கு

Forms of suitress

pluralsuitresses

Origin of suitress

From suitor + -ess.

Questions about suitress

What does suitress mean?
Suitress means a female supplicant or suitor.
What is suitress in Tamil?
Suitress in Tamil is வழக்குத் தொகுப்பவள், கோரிக்கையிடும் பெண், மண இணைவு நாடும் அணங்கு. See Suitress meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is suitress?
Suitress is a noun.
What is the plural of suitress?
The plural of suitress is suitresses.

Words near suitress in the dictionary

  1. suitorships
  2. suitour
  3. suitours
  4. suitport
  5. suitports
  6. suitress
  7. suitresses
  8. suits
  9. suits and ties
  10. suits down to the ground
  11. suits of armor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: suitress (page history and authors); suitress (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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