auctioneeress
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A female auctioneer.
Example Sentences
- "I have little news to tell you, except that Mrs. ⸺, the auctioneeress, if there be such a word, is likely to die, and that the sorrowing widower, in posse, is said to have already made arrangements to take the beautiful (Oh! that I could add prudent) Miss Foote, as her successor."
- "The square was, as usual of Saturdays, filled on yesterday with auctioneers and auctioneeresses, selling prize candies, horses and perfumes."
- "Mrs. Coy took the platform, and as an auctioneeress, with her glib tongue, ready wit and charming manners, […]"
- "Tuesday afternoon Maxine Elliott of the Frawley Company appeared as an auctioneeress."
- "At Melbourne last week, Miss L. T. White received an auctioneer’s license. She is the first lady auctioneer in Australia. If some horrid man only starts the cry of “a mouse” when she mounts the ostrum, it will be case of “going, going—gone” with the fair auctioneeress."
- "The Senior girls have been having an Auction of household goods, etc., at Ticknor Hall during the past week. Angie S. Kuhl, Auctioneeress."
Etymology
From auctioneer + -ess.