Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

illustratress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: il-lus-tra-tress
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female illustrator.

Example Sentences

"The specific epithet commemorates my botanical illustratress."
"...a younger authoress whose blond stern good looks concealed a heart equally stern and who was said sternly to support a worthless husband whom she sternly adored; and an illustrator, or rather illustratress, for it was a lady, whose cover designs of babies in every sort of snarled discomfort were the delight of editors who went home and were cross to their own children."

Etymology

From illustrator + -ess.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: illustrator

Inflected Forms

illustratresses (plural)

Questions

What does illustratress mean?: A female illustrator.
Where does illustratress come from?: From illustrator + -ess.

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