harpress

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noun

A female harpist.

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Meanings

nounharpress (plural harpresses)

plural harpresses

  1. archaicA female harpist.

    the soft sigh of the evening breeze in the rustling leaves of an aspen which overhung the seat of the fair harpress

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Origin

From harper + -ess.

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APA

harpress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harpress

MLA

“harpress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harpress. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “harpress,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harpress.

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