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webstress

webstress noun: a female webster or weaver.

Noun

webstress (plural webstresses)

  1. (archaic, rare) A female webster or weaver
    • The stick of a webstress found in the house,
      Held by Eithne in the time of her travail,
      A withered hazel staff,
      Was covered with fair fresh leaves.1922, Charles Plummer, Bethada Náem NÉrenn
    • We read of Maedhoc's mother, a webstress; of Ciaran's mother, with her flax drying on her walls, which caught fire and set the house in flames; […]1928, Alice Stopford Green, Irish history studies, page 14

Forms of webstress

pluralwebstresses

Origin of webstress

From webster + -ess.

Questions about webstress

What does webstress mean?
Webstress means a female webster or weaver.
What part of speech is webstress?
Webstress is a noun.
What is the plural of webstress?
The plural of webstress is webstresses.

Words near webstress in the dictionary

  1. webstores
  2. webstream
  3. webstreamed
  4. webstreaming
  5. webstreams
  6. webstress
  7. webstresses
  8. websurf
  9. websurfed
  10. websurfer
  11. websurfers

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