Meanings
nounauthouress (plural authouresses)
plural authouresses
- obsoleteObsolete form of authoress.
1 more example
The part which depends on the imagination is very well supplied, as you will find when you read the paper ; for descriptions of life, there is now a treaty almost made with an authour and an authouress ; and the province of criticism and literature they are very desirous to assign to the commentator on Virgil.
1753, Samuel Johnson quoted in Life of Samuel Johnson, page #201
Origin
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authouress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/authouress
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“authouress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/authouress. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “authouress,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/authouress.
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