counteraddress

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noun

A speech or address made in response to another speech.

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Meanings

nouncounteraddress (plural counteraddresses)

plural counteraddresses

  1. A speech or address made in response to another speech.

    We have received the addresses for removing the chancellor, and the counteraddresses from the lords and convocation; and you will know, before this reaches you, our sentiments of them here.

    Dece,ber 31 1713, Jonathan Swift, letter to the Archbishop of Dublin (William King)

Origin

From counter- + address.

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APA

counteraddress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counteraddress

MLA

“counteraddress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counteraddress. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counteraddress,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counteraddress.

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