Word.ws English Dictionary

tapstress

tapstress noun: a female tapster.

Noun

tapstress (plural tapstresses)

  1. A female tapster.
    • I was rather tickled to learn that she worked as a tapstress in a City public-house.1998, Sarah Waters, Tipping the Velvet, Virago (2018), page 376

Forms of tapstress

pluraltapstresses

Origin of tapstress

From tapster + -ess.

Questions about tapstress

What does tapstress mean?
Tapstress means a female tapster.
What part of speech is tapstress?
Tapstress is a noun.
What is the plural of tapstress?
The plural of tapstress is tapstresses.

Words near tapstress in the dictionary

  1. tapsilogs
  2. tapsman
  3. tapsmen
  4. tapster
  5. tapsters
  6. tapstress
  7. tapstresses
  8. tapstries
  9. tapstry
  10. tapt
  11. Tapta

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