AUTHORESS

authoress

(noun) a woman author

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

authoress (plural authoresses)

(dated) A female author.

Anagrams

• art houses, arthouses, house rats, shareouts

Source: Wiktionary


Au"thor*ess, n.

Definition: A female author. Glover.

Note: The word is not very much used, author being commonly applied to a female writer as well as to a male.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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2 December 2024

BARE

(adjective) having everything extraneous removed including contents; “the bare walls”; “the cupboard was bare”


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In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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