Definition of Editress

1. n. A female editor.

Definition of Editress

1. Noun. (dated) A female editor. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Editress

1. a female editor [n -ES] - See also: editor

Medical Definition of Editress

1. A female editor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Editress

editorializations
editorialize
editorialized
editorializer
editorializers
editorializes
editorializing
editorially
editorials
editors
editors-in-chief
editors in chief
editorship
editorships
editour
editress (current term)
editresses
editrices
editrix
editrixes
edits
editted
edittin'
editting
edjamacation
edman degradation
edmontosaurus
edobacomab
edoxudine
edoylerite

Literary usage of Editress

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

1. Life of Richard Wagner by Carl Friedrich Glasenapp, William Ashton Ellis (1904)
"... again: the Hollander essay ; a re-editress.—P" Wittgenstein as predominant partner: forced analogy with Balzac; purple patches and poetic insight. ..."

2. Women Artists in All Ages and Countries by Elizabeth Fries Ellet (1859)
"Anna Comnena.—The first Poetess of Germany.—The first editress of a Cyclopaedia.—The Art of Illuminating.—Nuns employed in copying and painting Manuscripts. ..."

3. The Irish Quarterly Review (1857)
"... conductors of The Waverley Journal, a most admirable newspaper, published every fortnight, and edited and written by ladies :— (To the editress of the ..."

4. The Local Courts' and Municipal GazetteLaw reports, digests, (1868)
"... the enterprising editress of the Chicago Legal New*, from the Judge who presided at the trial of a recent case in ..."

5. Camp-fire and Cotton-field: Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the by Thomas Wallace Knox (1865)
"A Generous Offer.—A Journalist's Modesty.— Hopes of the Mississippians at the Beginning of the War.—Visiting an editress.—Literature under Difficulties. ..."

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