Definition of Proprietresses

1. Noun. (plural of proprietress) ¹

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Definition of Proprietresses

1. proprietress [n] - See also: proprietress

Lexicographical Neighbors of Proprietresses

proprietary
proprietary colony
proprietary drug
proprietary eponym
proprietary eponyms
proprietary trading
proprieties
proprietor
proprietorial
proprietors
proprietorship
proprietorship certificate
proprietorships
proprietory
proprietress
proprietresses (current term)
proprietrices
proprietrix
proprietrixes
propriety
proprioception
proprioceptions
proprioceptive
proprioceptor
proprioceptors
proprionamide
proprium
proprochiral
proprochirality
proproctor

Literary usage of Proprietresses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Women of Canada: Their Life and Work by National Council of Women of Canada (1900)
"Groceries, (proprietresses) '. General stores, " House furnishing ... Restaurants, (proprietresses) Starch (laundry and culinary) 3.50 " 6.00 per week. ..."

2. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and WomenEnglish periodicals (1914)
"—Under the personal supervision of Misses Scott, proprietresses. CLOVELLY.-RED LION HOTEL. ... Mrs. Buckley and Miss Hamilton, proprietresses. HARROGATE. ..."

3. Journeys and Experiences in Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile, Including a Side by Henry Stephens (1920)
"These women are the hirelings of the brothel proprietresses. Often the dueñas as these proprietresses are called do the florista act (flower selling). ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1872)
"... the contagions diseases act, and expresses a desire " to see the present ' proprietresses' of lunatic asylums replaced by fully educated medical women. ..."

5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1840)
"... when solicited by the lovely proprietresses of such works, beheld— her heart fluttered—poor Miss Tag- rag almost dropped the magnificent volume ..."

6. The Book of the Short Story by Alexander Jessup, Henry Seidel Canby (1903)
"... the usages of the world, and besides, the representative of government, was the first to propose the toast to the health “of the fair proprietresses! ..."

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