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zebress

zebress noun: a female zebra.

Noun

zebress (plural zebresses)

  1. (rare) A female zebra.
    • “ZEBRESS” COMES TO PARK / The population of the city’s menagerie in Central Park is increasing fast. The increase is due principally to a high birth rate, while yesterday a female zebra, styled by one of the park employes as a “zebress,” arrived from an animal dealer’s place in Germany to become...1913 June 11, New-York Tribune, volume LXXIII, number 24,314, New York, N.Y., page 4, column 1
    • The lady now appearing wears a dress of black and white stripes—she might be very properly termed a zebra or zebress—and her sash is of pale, canary silk.1927, Esther Singleton, “Dolls of To-day”, in Dolls, New York, N.Y.: Payson & Clarke Ltd, page 136

zebress meaning in Persian

zebress in Persian

female zebra
گورمادیان mâdiyân-gôr

Examples of zebress in a sentence

  • “ZEBRESS” COMES TO PARK / The population of the city’s menagerie in Central Park is increasing fast.1913 June 11, New-York Tribune, volume LXXIII, number 24,314, New York, N.Y., page 4, column 1:
  • Delighted with the selection, zebra and zebress have become friskly,^([sic]) renewed interest in life.1928 August 2, E. L., “Mississippi Brevities”, in The Lexington Advertiser, volume 91, number 12, Lexington, Miss., page 3, column 2:
  • zebrass: zebra plus ass—hybrid of zebra and jenny ass or zebress and jackass1964, Ralph De Sola, Abbreviations Dictionary: Abbreviations, Acronyms, Contractions, Signs & Symbols Defined […], revised edition, New...
  • As Leonie, she obviously loves Morgan, but how can you have a life with a man who keeps seeing you as a gazelle or a lioness or zebress?1967 January 15, Dick Benke, “Movie Review: ‘Morgan’; Reality, Fantasy Get All Mixed Up”, in Independent Star-News, Pasadena, Calif., page...

Forms of zebress

pluralzebresses

Origin of zebress

From zebra + -ess.

Questions about zebress

What does zebress mean?
Zebress means a female zebra.
What is zebress in Persian?
Zebress in Persian is گورمادیان (mâdiyân-gôr). See Zebress meaning in Persian.
How do you use zebress in a sentence?
“ZEBRESS” COMES TO PARK / The population of the city’s menagerie in Central Park is increasing fast.
What part of speech is zebress?
Zebress is a noun.
What is the plural of zebress?
The plural of zebress is zebresses.

Words near zebress in the dictionary

  1. zebras
  2. zebrass
  3. zebrasses
  4. zebrawood
  5. zebrawoods
  6. zebress
  7. zebrin
  8. zebrina
  9. zebrinas
  10. zebrine
  11. zebrines

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