"robotess" meaning in All languages combined

See robotess on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: robotesses [plural]
Etymology: From robot + -ess. From Rossum's Universal Robots (1923). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|robot|ess<id:female>}} robot + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} robotess (plural robotesses)
  1. (science fiction, dated) A robot designated female; a gynoid. Tags: dated Synonyms: fembot, gynoid

Inflected forms

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