"doggess" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: doggesses [plural], dogess [alternative]
Etymology: From dog + -ess. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dog|ess<id:female>}} dog + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} doggess (plural doggesses)
  1. (rare) A female dog. Tags: rare Synonyms (a female dog): bitch
    Sense id: en-doggess-en-noun-cU7EbvrB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ess (female), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Dogs, Female animals Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess (female): 98 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Dogs: 90 10 Disambiguation of Female animals: 99 1 Disambiguation of 'a female dog': 100 0
  2. (rare, offensive, derogatory) A woman. Tags: derogatory, offensive, rare Synonyms ((insulting term for) a woman): bitch
    Sense id: en-doggess-en-noun-4BmJEEJs Disambiguation of '(insulting term for) a woman': 4 96

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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