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authoress
[ aw-ther-is ]
authoress
/ ˈɔːθəˌrɛs /
noun
- old-fashioned.a female author
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Usage
Gender-neutral form: author
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Gender Note
What's the difference between authoress and author? See -ess.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of authoress1
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Example Sentences
Maria Edgworth, the popular and distinguished authoress, died at her residence in Edgworthstown, Ireland.
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Mary Manley died; an English authoress, of considerable reputation as a writer, but of a wanton and licentious character.
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Susanna was a sister of Miss Agnes Strickland, the authoress, and was as much a writer as herself.
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There is a much better study of Mazzini's early life, prefixed to the same authoress' Scritti scelti.
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“It is the very last time I ask a Western authoress to accept my hospitality,” said she.
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