Meaning

1 senses

  1. (dated)A female author.

    Autorin

    писа́тельницаpisátelʹnica

    а́вторкаávtorka, письме́нницяpysʹménnycja

    a woman author

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Mary is an author, not an authoress.

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  2. For the authoress of that book, ladders are always steep.

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  3. The authoress will be doing a book signing in downtown Boston.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
female author:
Русский
female author:
Deutsch
female author:

Origin

From Middle English aucteuresse; equivalent to author + -ess.

From Middle English aucteuresse; equivalent to author + -ess.

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Forms

plural: authoresses

Synonyms

1 synonyms
authrix

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
authenticationauthenticityC2authorA2authoritarianauthoritarianismauthoritativeB2
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