Owneress

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female owner. dated, rare

    "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 […]"

Synonyms

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proprietress

Example

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"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 […]"

Etymology

From owner + -ess.

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