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  • noun A female preacher.

Etymologies

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preacher +‎ -ess

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Examples

  • Bede "the Methodess preacheress, Dinah Morris, is intended to shine with spotless and incomparable lustre.

    Famous Reviews R. Brimley Johnson 1899

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