Meanings
noungamestress (plural gamestresses)
plural gamestresses
- archaicA female gamester.
Lady Buckinghamshire, it may be remarked, was, perhaps, the most notorious gamestress of her day. She actually slept with a pair of pistols and a blunderbuss by her side for the protection of her cherished bank.
1896, Horace Williams Fuller, Thomas Tileston Baldwin, Sydney Russell Wrightington, The Green Bag, volume 8
Origin
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gamestress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gamestress
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“gamestress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gamestress. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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