sponsoress

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sponsor +‎ -ess

Noun[edit]

sponsoress (plural sponsoresses)

  1. (rare) A female sponsor.
    • 1871, George Alfred Lawrence, Anteros:
      Lady Montfort, another relative, who once had found it convenient to forget that any Shafton blood ran in her veins, offered to be the bride's sponsoress
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