travelleress

travelleress noun: a female traveller.

Noun

travelleress (plural travelleresses)

(rare) A female traveller.
- It was not the fashion to ride in omnibuses, and so she sacrificed her personal appearance in order to impress on her fellow-travellers—or more especially her “fellow-travelleresses”—that she was not used to such conveyances, and expected every moment to be overturned.1865, Thomas Hood, “Pleasant Days at Hampton”, in Captain Masters’s Children. A Novel., volume III, London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, page 55
- The night journey was an interchange of sleeping and grumbling, with a little sickliness now and then, by way of variety, on the part of some of my fellow-travelleresses.1869, J[ohn] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Tutorship and Second Residence at Oriel.—Death of Mrs. Keble.—1818—1823.”, in A Memoir of the Rev. John Keble, M. A., Late Vicar of Hursley, 2nd edition, volume I...

I should suppose that the success of this attempt will depend, in some measure, upon the share of good looks possessed by the travelleresses.1885 March 15, “Editorial Notes”, in The Merchant & Manufacturer: An Export Trade Journal Between England and the Colonies, volume VII...
They are however ladylike & plucky as travelleresses.a. 1888, Edward Lear, [Letter]; republished as Letters of Edward Lear to Chichester Fortescue (Lord Carlingford) and Frances Countess...
Sheldon, the African travelleress, says “she was favourably received not only by the inhabitants but even by the crocodiles.”1891 September 23, Judy: The London Serio-Comic Journal, page 153, column 2:
Fields to be there just from half past five to six, and allow some of the travelleresses to be presented to you both.1893 February 7, [Letter]; republished as Transatlantic Women: Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers and Great Britain, University of...

plural	travelleresses
alternative form	traveleress

From traveller + -ess.

What does travelleress mean?: Travelleress means a female traveller.
How do you use travelleress in a sentence?: I should suppose that the success of this attempt will depend, in some measure, upon the share of good looks possessed by the travelleresses.
What part of speech is travelleress?: Travelleress is a noun.
What is the plural of travelleress?: The plural of travelleress is travelleresses.

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