diggeress

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noun

A miner's wife.

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Meanings

noundiggeress (plural diggeresses)

plural diggeresses

  1. AustraliaarchaicA miner's wife.

    I merely know the bare facts, and bare enough the whole stony subject seems to me, but it was important enough to occupy the close attention of seventy-three diggers and one diggeress.

    1914, Overland Monthly and the Out West Magazine, page 563

Origin

From digger + -ess.

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APA

diggeress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diggeress

MLA

“diggeress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diggeress. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diggeress,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diggeress.

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