| ANCHORESSES | • anchoresses n. Plural of anchoress. • ANCHORESS n. a female anchorite, one who lives in seclusion, usually for religious reasons, also ANCRESS. |
| AUTHORESSES | • authoresses n. Plural of authoress. • AUTHORESS n. a female author. |
| CONFESSORESSES | • confessoresses n. Plural of confessoress. • CONFESSORESS n. a female confessor. |
| DOCTORESSES | • doctoresses n. Plural of doctoress. • DOCTORESS n. a female doctor, also DOCTRESS. |
| ELECTORESSES | • electoresses n. Plural of electoress. • ELECTORESS n. the wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire, also ELECTRESS. |
| JAILORESSES | • jailoresses n. Plural of jailoress. • JAILORESS n. a female jailor, also GAOLERESS, JAILERESS. |
| MAYORESSES | • mayoresses n. Plural of mayoress. • MAYORESS n. a female mayor. |
| PRIORESSES | • prioresses n. Plural of prioress. • PRIORESS n. a female superior of a house of any of various orders of nuns. |
| PROFESSORESSES | • professoresses n. Plural of professoress. • PROFESSORESS n. a female professor. |
| RECTORESSES | • rectoresses n. Plural of rectoress. • RECTORESS n. a female rector, a rector's wife, also RECTRESS. |
| SUBPRIORESSES | • subprioresses n. Plural of subprioress. • SUBPRIORESS n. an assistant prioress. |
| SUPERIORESSES | • superioresses n. Plural of superioress. • SUPERIORESS n. the head of a nunnery. |
| TAILORESSES | • tailoresses n. Plural of tailoress. • TAILORESS n. a female tailor. |
| TRAITORESSES | • traitoresses n. Plural of traitoress. • TRAITORESS n. a female traitor, also TRAITRESS. |
| TUTORESSES | • tutoresses n. Plural of tutoress. • TUTORESS n. (archaic) a female tutor, also TUTRESS, TUTRIX. |
| VICTORESSES | • victoresses n. Plural of victoress. • VICTORESS n. (obsolete) a female victor, also VICTRESS, VICTRIX. |
| WARRIORESSES | • warrioresses n. Plural of warrioress. • WARRIORESS n. a female warrior. |