AUTHORESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does authoress mean? 

• AUTHORESS (noun)
  The noun AUTHORESS has 1 sense:

1. a woman author

  Familiarity information: AUTHORESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUTHORESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman author

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("authoress" is a kind of...):

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

 Context examples 

"This man says, 'An exquisite book, full of truth, beauty, and earnestness.' 'All is sweet, pure, and healthy.'" continued the perplexed authoress.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

So, with Spartan firmness, the young authoress laid her first-born on her table, and chopped it up as ruthlessly as any ogre.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Won't it be fun to see them in print, and shan't we feel proud of our authoress?

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Hurrah for Miss March, the celebrated American authoress! cried Laurie, throwing up his hat and catching it again, to the great delight of two ducks, four cats, five hens, and half a dozen Irish children, for they were out of the city now.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)