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authoress
[ aw-ther-is ]
authoress
/ ˈɔːθəˌrɛs /
noun
- old-fashioned.a female author
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Origin of authoress1
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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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