authoress
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- authouress (archaic)
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
authoress (plural authoresses)
- (dated) A female author.
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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.
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Translations[edit]
a female author
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