"secretaress" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|!}} secretaress (plural not attested)
  1. Alternative spelling of secretaryess Tags: alt-of, alternative, no-plural Alternative form of: secretaryess
    Sense id: en-secretaress-en-noun-1Y7d6Qo7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns with unattested plurals

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          "ref": "1906, Margaret Bayard Smith, Gaillard Hunt, The First Forty Years of Washington Society, page 321",
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          "ref": "1913, Chips, volume 13, page 73",
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