Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

professoress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-fes-soress
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female professor.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"At the end of the first cantos, fresh from the description of the female college, with its professoresses, and hostleresses, and other Utopian monsters"

Etymology

From professor + -ess.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: professor

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

professoresses (plural)

Synonyms

professorine profestrix

Questions

What does professoress mean?: A female professor.
Where does professoress come from?: From professor + -ess.

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