inventress
- a word derived from inventor.
Example Sentences
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The fact is, I was about to try to interview Miss Jenny T. Buller, the inventress and manager of the “Brothers’ Agency,” perhaps the most important social factor of the present century.
From The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
Since then, Miss Maggie Knight, the inventress of the machine above mentioned, has found out another; namely for folding paper-bags.
From By Water to the Columbian Exposition by Wisthaler, Johanna S.
Cecilia: the patron-saint of music, and the reputed inventress of the organ.
From The American Union Speaker by Philbrick, John D. (John Dudley)
That she was the true inventress is recorded on her tomb.
From Lace, Its Origin and History by Goldenberg, Samuel L.
She is said to have been the inventress of hexameters.
From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Christmas, Henry
