"collaboratress" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: collaboratresses [plural]
Etymology: From collaborator + -ess. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|collaborator|ess}} collaborator + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} collaboratress (plural collaboratresses)
  1. (rare) A female collaborator. Tags: rare Synonyms: collaboratrix
    Sense id: en-collaboratress-en-noun-jbnYReqb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ess

Inflected forms

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