owneress en · NOUN
Etymology
From owner + -ess.
Meanings
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(dated, rare) A female owner.
The good Doctor, who had but once since Madame de Malguet's establishment at the château entered the doors of that forbidden mansion, for the purpose of paying his respects to its owneress […]
1848, Henry Whitelock Torrens, Madame de Malguet: A Tale of 1820, volume 2, page 284:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| owneresses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (6)
es dueña (a female owner) · ru обладательница (a female owner) · scn patruna (a female owner) · sv ägarinna (a female owner) · scn principali (a female owner) · scn donna (a female owner)