Swissess

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noun

A Swiss woman or girl.

OriginFrench Suissesse →
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Meanings

nounSwissess (plural not attested)
  1. datedno pluralrareA Swiss woman or girl.
    1 more example

    She had been engaged as French governess to his four little daughters, who were also provided with an English teacher, and attended by half the masters in the metropolis. The young Swissess had been received on the most unexceptionable recommendation, as to character, connexions, and elegant acquirements; […]

    1836, Caroline Bowles Southey, Gems Selected from the Poems of Caroline Bowles, Boston: Light and Horton, page 88

Origin

  1. FrenchSuissesse
  2. EnglishSwissess

From Swiss + -ess, perhaps with influence from French Suissesse.

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APA

Swissess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swissess

MLA

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Chicago

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