Auditress
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Auditress is a noun meaning (dated) A female hearer.
Meaning
(dated) A female hearer.
Example Sentences
I have forbidden Adèle to talk to me about her presents, and she is bursting with repletion; have the goodness to serve her as auditress and interlocutrice:
Yet went she not, as not with such discourse / Delighted or not capable her ear / Of what was night: such pleasure she reserved, / Adam relating, she sole auditress
Word Forms
- auditresses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include oratress, oratoress, auditor, auditioner, auctioneeress, adulatress.
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