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Definition of Authoress
1. Noun. A woman author.
Definition of Authoress
1. n. A female author.
Definition of Authoress
1. Noun. (dated) A female author. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Authoress
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Medical Definition of Authoress
1. A female author. The word is not very much used, author being commonly applied to a female writer as well as to a male. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Authoress
Literary usage of Authoress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1837)
"SC HALL, authoress of " Sketches of Irish Character," &c. 3 Vols. London : Colburn.
3. The Old Commodore. By the Author of "Rattlin the Reefer," 3 Vols. ..."
2. Illustrations of Lying: In All Its Branches by Amelia Alderson Opie (1832)
"The authoress read in so affected and dramatic a manner, that the young lady's
boasted benevolence had no power to curb her propensity to laughter; ..."
3. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1897)
"CHAPTER XVIII THE authoress THE effect of a great success upon Diana, at her
second literary venture, was shown in the transparent sedateness of a letter ..."
4. The Calamities and Quarrels of Authors: With Some Inquiries Respecting Their by Isaac Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli (1868)
"THE LIFE OF AN authoress. /~\F all the sorrows in which the female character
may ^•"^ participate, there are few more affecting than those of an authoress ..."
5. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1867)
"POEMS BY THE authoress OF TUB ... —On a former occasion, we have spoken in high
terms of the poetry of this authoress, who is now so widely known. ..."
6. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli (1867)
"THE LIFE OF AN authoress. OF all the sorrows in which the female character may
participate, there are few more affecting than those of an authoress ; —often ..."
7. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1867)
"POEMS BY THE authoress OF THE ... —On a former occasion, we have spoken in high
terms of the poetry of this authoress, who is now so widely known. ..."
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