"murdress" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-murdress.wav Forms: murdresses [plural]
Etymology: From murder + -ess. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|murder|ess<id:female>}} murder + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} murdress (plural murdresses)
  1. Archaic form of murderess. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: murderess
    Sense id: en-murdress-en-noun-a-MMlN7Y
  2. A battlement with interstices for firing through.
    Sense id: en-murdress-en-noun-DSgwx9CJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ess (female), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess (female): 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95

Inflected forms

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