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poˈssessoress rare.
Also 6–7 -eresse.
[a. obs. F. possesseresse, fem. of OF. possesseur possessor: see -ess1.]
A female possessor.
1512Helyas in Thoms Prose Rom. (1828) III. 11, I am the ladye and possesseresse of this londe. 1611Cotgr., Possesseresse, a possesseresse, a woman that possesses, holds, enioyes. 1681W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. (1693) 1007 A possessoress, domina. |