owneress

English

Etymology

owner +‎ -ess

Noun

owneress (plural owneresses)

  1. (rare, dated) A female owner.
    • 1848, Henry Whitelock Torrens, Madame de Malguet: A Tale of 1820, volume 2, page 284:
      The good Doctor, who had but once since Madame de Malguet's establishment at the château entered the doors of that forbidden mansion, for the purpose of paying his respects to its owneress […]

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