authoress

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From Middle English aucteuresse; equivalent to author +‎ -ess.

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authoress (plural authoresses)

  1. (dated) A female author.
    • 1765 January, “A further Account of the celebrated German Poeteſs”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, page 5:
      This obſervation is verified in our authoreſs, who, without deſign, without art, and without inſtruction is arrived at a wonderful perfection in the art of poetry, and may be placed amongſt poets of the firſt claſs.
    • 1841, Thomas Butler, The Truths of the Catholic Religion, page 102:
      Eve was the authoress of sin, Mary the authoress of merit… the one wounded, the other healed.

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