Editress

//ˈɛdɪtɹəs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A female editor. dated

    "This must be Arduina, her sister-in-law, editress of a Woman's Rights paper, who had written her two or three extraordinary letters."

Synonyms

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"This must be Arduina, her sister-in-law, editress of a Woman's Rights paper, who had written her two or three extraordinary letters."

Etymology

From editor + -ess.

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