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survivoress

survivoress noun: a woman or girl who survives.

Noun

survivoress (plural survivoresses)

  1. A woman or girl who survives.
    • But this I will undertake, that if you are the ſurvivreſs, you ſhall be at the leaſt ten thouſand pounds the better for me.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CXCVII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume IV, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC, page 108

Forms of survivoress

pluralsurvivoresses
alternative formsurvivress

Questions about survivoress

What does survivoress mean?
Survivoress means a woman or girl who survives.
What part of speech is survivoress?
Survivoress is a noun.
What is the plural of survivoress?
The plural of survivoress is survivoresses.

Words near survivoress in the dictionary

  1. survivor
  2. survivor bias
  3. survivor biases
  4. survivor guilt
  5. survivor syndrome
  6. survivoress
  7. survivoresses
  8. survivors
  9. survivorship
  10. survivorship bias
  11. survivorship biases

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