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nounladdess (plural laddesses)
plural laddesses
- rareA young woman.
Oh! ye lads and ye laddesses gay
1825, The Songster's Multum in Parvo, page 361 more example
I know that he is a very amiable lad, and I do not know that she is not as amiable a laddess, but I had rather see their house comfortably when they are not there.
1890, Horace Walpole, Charles Duke Yonge, Letters, selected and ed. by C. D. Yonge, volume 2, page 88
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