authoress

English

Alternative forms

• authouress (archaic)

Etymology

author +‎ -ess

Noun

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.

Translations

a female author

• Bulgarian: а́вторка f (ávtorka), писа́телка f (pisátelka)
• Georgian: ავტორი (avṭori)
• Hungarian: írónő (hu)
• Irish: banúdar m

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forfatterinne (no) m, f

  Nynorsk: forfattarinne f

• Russian: писа́тельница (ru) f (pisátelʹnica)

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