editress

/ˈɛdɪtɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Meaning

noun

Dated

"This must be Arduina, her sister-in-law, editress of a Woman's Rights paper, who had written her two or three extraordinary letters."
""If it doesn't suit will you let Mrs. Langdon, the editress know by lunch-time today?""
"“Girls like Phyllis Mills are an open book to me. For four years I was, if you remember, the proprietor and editress of a weekly paper for women.” She was alluding to the periodical entitled Milady's Boudoir […]"

Etymology tree Medieval Latin ēditorder. English editor Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English editress From editor + -ess.

editresses (plural)

editrix

Questions

How do you pronounce editress?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛdɪtɹəs/.

What does editress mean?

A female editor.

Where does editress come from?

Etymology tree Medieval Latin ēditorder. English editor Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English editress From editor + -ess.

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