muletress
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
muletress (plural muletresses)
- (archaic) A female muleteer.
- 1867, W. D. Howells, Italian Journeys, page 121:
- From this romance — something like which the muletress seemed to think might well happen concerning herself — we passed lightly to speak of kindred things, the muletress responding gayly between the blows she bestowed upon her beast.
References[edit]
- ^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Muleteer”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes VI, Part 2 (M–N), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 749, column 3: “Hence (irreg.) Mu·letress, a female muleteer.”