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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

groceress en · NOUN

Etymology

From grocer + -ess.

Meanings

  1. (dated) A female grocer.
    • 'I can recollect Mrs. Winter very well, if nobody else can,' said the aged groceress. 1891, Thomas Hardy, The Winters and The Palmleys:

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