Authoress
[ɒ:θәris]
Definition
(n.) A female author.
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Examples
- Some explanation of the position in which Mr. Blake's interference has placed her as an authoress, seems due on the ground of common justice. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- So, with Spartan firmness, the young authoress laid her first-born on her table, and chopped it up as ruthlessly as any ogre. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Won't it be fun to see them in print, and shan't we feel proud of our authoress? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Permit me to introduce my friends--Mr. Tupman--Mr. Winkle--Mr. Snodgrass--to the authoress of “The Expiring Frog. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Hurrah for Miss March, the celebrated American authoress! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- And, after all, authors' heroines are almost as good as authoresses' heroes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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