"useress" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: useresses [plural]
Etymology: From user + -ess. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|user|ess}} user + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} useress (plural useresses)
  1. A female user. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-useress-en-noun-Uqt3E5Di Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ess

Inflected forms

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        "1": "en",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From user + -ess.",
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          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ess",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1992 May 19, Ron A. 5150 Echeverri, “Re: Some Other Establishment Screwup!”, in alt.cascade (Usenet), message-ID <l1hk41INN7vs@wezea.usc.edu>",
          "text": "Ha! Foolish user (useress?)",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993 December 1, Oliver Haeuser, “Re: OS2 vs Chicago”, in comp.os.os2.advocacy (Usenet), message-ID <5E3vts5d5T@55.hot.zer.de>",
          "text": "This could be true ... but don't forget all the \"lower\" computers that are still out there. Just today I discovered a machine that still runs under DR DOS 6 and the useress worked with a DOS Wordprocessor, / can you imagine this ???",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999 March 12, au...@cam.org, “Re: Security Violation!”, in comp.arch.embedded (Usenet), message-ID <7cb535$8dl$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>",
          "text": "This is not really for an embedded forum, but if I may, I'd like to add that as the recent Happy99 virus demonstrated, it is possible to have a PC send EXE files with e-mails without the user knowing about it. Or at least, the common, not too observative user or useress.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000 February 10, Helmut P. Einfalt, “Re: Linux? Why?”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video (Usenet), message-ID <87v4li$ndn$1@news01.btx.dtag.de>",
          "text": "(Note:) Sorry if I did not explicitely mention the \"useresses\" all the time -- I shoudl point out that when I have a Linux question, it is usually one of several women who has the answers....",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002 July 12, Raoul Bönisch, “Re: generating .muttrc”, in mailing.unix.mutt-users (Usenet), message-ID <agmv0v$25rj$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw>",
          "text": "Nevertheless that's a nice idea. But I'm afraid using configuration files off the net without checking is a security risk. The users and useresses should really first check the generated config file before using it! Or you should use secure connections to trusted institutions to generate them.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "A female user."
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          "user"
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1992 May 19, Ron A. 5150 Echeverri, “Re: Some Other Establishment Screwup!”, in alt.cascade (Usenet), message-ID <l1hk41INN7vs@wezea.usc.edu>",
          "text": "Ha! Foolish user (useress?)",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993 December 1, Oliver Haeuser, “Re: OS2 vs Chicago”, in comp.os.os2.advocacy (Usenet), message-ID <5E3vts5d5T@55.hot.zer.de>",
          "text": "This could be true ... but don't forget all the \"lower\" computers that are still out there. Just today I discovered a machine that still runs under DR DOS 6 and the useress worked with a DOS Wordprocessor, / can you imagine this ???",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999 March 12, au...@cam.org, “Re: Security Violation!”, in comp.arch.embedded (Usenet), message-ID <7cb535$8dl$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>",
          "text": "This is not really for an embedded forum, but if I may, I'd like to add that as the recent Happy99 virus demonstrated, it is possible to have a PC send EXE files with e-mails without the user knowing about it. Or at least, the common, not too observative user or useress.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000 February 10, Helmut P. Einfalt, “Re: Linux? Why?”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video (Usenet), message-ID <87v4li$ndn$1@news01.btx.dtag.de>",
          "text": "(Note:) Sorry if I did not explicitely mention the \"useresses\" all the time -- I shoudl point out that when I have a Linux question, it is usually one of several women who has the answers....",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002 July 12, Raoul Bönisch, “Re: generating .muttrc”, in mailing.unix.mutt-users (Usenet), message-ID <agmv0v$25rj$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw>",
          "text": "Nevertheless that's a nice idea. But I'm afraid using configuration files off the net without checking is a security risk. The users and useresses should really first check the generated config file before using it! Or you should use secure connections to trusted institutions to generate them.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A female user."
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        [
          "user",
          "user"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "useress"
}

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