AUTHORESS

authoress

(noun) a woman author

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

authoress (plural authoresses)

(dated) A female author.

Anagrams

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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