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authoress

[ aw-ther-is ]

noun

  1. a woman who is an author.


authoress

/ ˈɔːθəˌrɛs /

noun

  1. old-fashioned.
    a female author
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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

First recorded in 1485–95; author + -ess
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Example Sentences

Maria Edgworth, the popular and distinguished authoress, died at her residence in Edgworthstown, Ireland.

Mary Manley died; an English authoress, of considerable reputation as a writer, but of a wanton and licentious character.

Susanna was a sister of Miss Agnes Strickland, the authoress, and was as much a writer as herself.

There is a much better study of Mazzini's early life, prefixed to the same authoress' Scritti scelti.

“It is the very last time I ask a Western authoress to accept my hospitality,” said she.

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