ostleress

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noun

A female ostler.

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Meanings

nounostleress (plural ostleresses)

plural ostleresses

  1. A female ostler.

    Nothing was seen or heard further of Durbeyfield in his triumphal chariot under the conduct of the ostleress, and the club having entered the allotted space, dancing began.

    1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 21

Origin

From ostler + -ess.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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