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  • noun rare A female neighbor.

Etymologies

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neighbour +‎ -ess

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Examples

  • Ecclus.ix. 4); ‘daunceress’ (Ecclus.ix. 4); ‘neighbouress’ (Exod. iii.

    English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846

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