authoress
English
Alternative forms
- authouress (archaic)
- authress (rare)
Etymology
From Middle English aucteuresse; equivalent to author + -ess.
Noun
authoress (plural authoresses)
- (dated) A female author.
- 1765 January, “A further Account of the celebrated German Poeteſs”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, page 5:
- This obſervation is verified in our authoreſs, who, without deſign, without art, and without inſtruction is arrived at a wonderful perfection in the art of poetry, and may be placed amongſt poets of the firſt claſs.
- 1841, Thomas Butler, The Truths of the Catholic Religion, page 102:
- Eve was the authoress of sin, Mary the authoress of merit… the one wounded, the other healed.
Synonyms
- authrix (rare)
Translations
female author
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References
- “authoress”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “authoress”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “authoress”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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