"laddess" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: laddesses [plural]
Etymology: From lad + -ess. Etymology templates: {{af|en|lad|-ess}} lad + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} laddess (plural laddesses)
  1. (rare) A young woman. Tags: rare Related terms: ladette

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1825, The Songster's Multum in Parvo (page 36)",
          "text": "Oh! ye lads and ye laddesses gay"
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          "text": "I know that he is a very amiable lad, and I do not know that she is not as amiable a laddess, but I had rather see their house comfortably when they are not there."
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