Meanings
nounagentess (plural agentesses)
plural agentesses
- rareA female agent.
Never would Miss Coco of Transverse Airways have occurred to him in the course of the usual retrospective—actresses, agentesses, lawyeresses, writers, singers, painters, teachers, and Mrs. Retzers—the usual review of women tried, and untried but tryable.
1972, Richard P. Brickner, Bringing Down the House, page 103
Origin
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
agentess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agentess
MLA
“agentess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agentess. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “agentess,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agentess.
Source: agentess on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.