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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

trumpetress en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English trumpeter Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English trumpetress From trumpeter + -ess.

Meanings

  1. (rare) A woman who plays the trumpet; a female trumpeter.
    • Fame has for once at least been not a false trumpetress, Miss FANNY KEMBLE's Tragedy of "Francis the First" has proved eminently successful. 1832, Day: A Journal of Literature, Fine Arts, Fashions, Etc, page 276:

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