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muletress

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English

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Etymology

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From muleteer +‎ -ess.[1]

Noun

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muletress (plural muletresses)

  1. (archaic) A female muleteer.
    • 1867, W. D. Howells, Italian Journeys, page 121:
      From this romance — something like which the muletress seemed to think might well happen concerning herself — we passed lightly to speak of kindred things, the muletress responding gayly between the blows she bestowed upon her beast.

References

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  1. ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Muleteer”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VI, Part 2 (M–N), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 749, column 3: “Hence (irreg.) Mu·letress, a female muleteer.”
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