What does inspectress mean?
Inspectress means (archaic) A female inspector..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(archaic) A female inspector..
If, after due warning, our light-minded friends will write to us in terms that mislike that excellent and punctilious inspectress, they must aby it in the cold looks and bitter innuendoes which will be their portion when they come to us in the next hunting season.
They haven't made you an inspectress of boarded-out workhouse children, have they? or sent you down to improve the breed of hens?
Use inspectress when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Inspectress means (archaic) A female inspector..
Common synonyms include inspectrix.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
If, after due warning, our light-minded friends will write to us in terms that mislike that excellent and punctilious inspectress, they must aby it in the cold looks and bitter innuendoes which will be their portion when they come to us in the next hunting season.
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