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trumpetress

trumpetress noun: a woman who plays the trumpet; a female trumpeter.

Noun

trumpetress (plural trumpetresses)

  1. (rare) A woman who plays the trumpet; a female trumpeter.
    • Fame has for once at least been not a false trumpetress, Miss FANNY KEMBLE's Tragedy of "Francis the First" has proved eminently successful.1832, Day: A Journal of Literature, Fine Arts, Fashions, Etc, page 276

Forms of trumpetress

pluraltrumpetresses

Origin of trumpetress

From trumpeter + -ess.

Questions about trumpetress

What does trumpetress mean?
Trumpetress means a woman who plays the trumpet; a female trumpeter.
What part of speech is trumpetress?
Trumpetress is a noun.
What is the plural of trumpetress?
The plural of trumpetress is trumpetresses.

Words near trumpetress in the dictionary

  1. trumpetings
  2. trumpetist
  3. trumpetists
  4. trumpetless
  5. trumpetlike
  6. trumpetress
  7. trumpetresses
  8. trumpetry
  9. trumpets
  10. trumpets marine
  11. trumpets of the dead

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