"inspectress" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: inspectresses [plural]
Etymology: inspector + -ess Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|inspector|ess}} inspector + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} inspectress (plural inspectresses)
  1. (archaic) A female inspector. Tags: archaic Synonyms: inspectrix
    Sense id: en-inspectress-en-noun-dXp0p1kA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ess

Inflected forms

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