"authoress" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɔː.θə.ɹɛs/ [UK], /ˈɔ.θɚ.ɹɛs/ [US] Forms: authoresses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English aucteuresse; equivalent to author + -ess. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|aucteuresse}} Middle English aucteuresse, {{suffix|en|author|ess}} author + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} authoress (plural authoresses)
  1. (dated) A female author. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Authors, Female people, Occupations Synonyms: authrix [rare], authouress [archaic], authress [rare] Translations (female author): مُؤَلِّفَة (muʔallifa) [feminine] (Arabic), مُصَنِّفَة (muṣannifa) (Arabic), а́вторка (ávtorka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), писа́телка (pisátelka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), autora [feminine] (Catalan), 女作家 (nǚ zuòjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), autorka [feminine] (Czech), forfatterinde [common-gender] (Danish), schrijfster [feminine] (Dutch), autrice [feminine] (Dutch), aŭtorino (Esperanto), kirjailijatar (Finnish), autrice [feminine] (French), écrivaine [feminine] (French), ავტორი (avṭori) (Georgian), Autorin [feminine] (German), συγγραφέας (syngraféas) [masculine] (Greek), írónő (Hungarian), szerzőnő (Hungarian), banúdar [masculine] (Irish), autrice [feminine] (Italian), forfatterinne [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), forfattarinne [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), autorka [feminine] (Polish), pisarka [feminine] (Polish), autora [feminine] (Portuguese), autoare [feminine] (Romanian), писа́тельница (pisátelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), autorica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), književnica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), autora [feminine] (Spanish), författarinna [common-gender] (Swedish), а́вторка (ávtorka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), письме́нниця (pysʹménnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), awdures [feminine] (Welsh)

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    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pysʹménnycja",
      "sense": "female author",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "письме́нниця"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "female author",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "awdures"
    }
  ],
  "word": "authoress"
}

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