Innkeeperess

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female innkeeper. dated

    "[…]; felt uneasy, and still more so when the inkeeperess pulled my beard and was complimentary."

Example

More examples

"[…]; felt uneasy, and still more so when the inkeeperess pulled my beard and was complimentary."

Etymology

From innkeeper + -ess.

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