notaress

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noun

A female notary.

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Meanings

nounnotaress (plural notaresses)

plural notaresses

  1. datedA female notary.

    Plains-moi, je passe mes soirées avec des clercs de notaire, des notaresses, des caissiers, un usurier de province; et, certes, il y a loin de là aux soirées de la rue de Grenelle.

    1888 [1844], Honoré de Balzac, translated by Katharine^([sic]) Prescott Wormeley, “A Diplomatic Letter”, in Modeste Mignon, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers […], →OCLC, page 308

Origin

From notary + -ess.

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