trumpetress

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From trumpeter +‎ -ess.

Noun[edit]

trumpetress (plural trumpetresses)

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