Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A female editor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A female editor.
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- noun dated A
female editor .
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Examples
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If the Sunday Telegraph under its new editress really is going to dump all those serious writers then another nail is going into the coffin of the British MSM.
This is all so depressing Helen 2005
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I was ecstatic to learn that my editress was pleased with the work, and I'm eager to get cracking on research for the next one.
Jaw Drama, Good News barbylon 2005
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I was ecstatic to learn that my editress was pleased with the work, and I'm eager to get cracking on research for the next one.
Jaw Drama, Good News barbylon 2005
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In her capacity of editress Francie had added: “This is surely a curious little sidelight on the nature of our Victorian foremothers.”
On Forsyte 'Change 2004
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Its bill of contents announces "a complete story," by the editress, and also a "complete novelette," by Mrs. LOVETT CAMERON.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 7, 1891 Various
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The editor, or _editress_, (for we doubt whether the former is epicene,) of this elegant little volume is the lady of Mr. A.aric A. Watts, the editor of the _Literary Souvenir_.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 338, November 1, 1828 Various
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This was a grain of comfort, and I looked forward confidently to a long future of remuneration and renown, when a letter of regret arrived from the fair editress, returning my story, and explaining, that, being unable to meet her engagements, the magazine had been sold to pay her debts.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 Various
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On this the editress says: "I have always been inclined to believe that this line should read: 'More than _life_, perpetual bliss.'"
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Various
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First retorting that it is well that the editress of the
The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann
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"Standard" -- he invariably referred to "the _editress_" -- wears pattens as
The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann
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