Infectress

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female infector. rare

    "The girls of Siam were the great infectresses, but the Malays came a close second. The Japanese, who had regular medical inspections and lived in brothels cleaner than hotels, were down with the Eurasians to 0.4% in 1931."

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"The girls of Siam were the great infectresses, but the Malays came a close second. The Japanese, who had regular medical inspections and lived in brothels cleaner than hotels, were down with the Eurasians to 0.4% in 1931."

Etymology

From infector + -ess.

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