authoress

English

Alternative forms

authouress (archaic)

Etymology

author +‎ -ess

Noun

authoress (plural authoresses)

(dated) A female author.
- 1765 January, “A further Account of the celebrated German Poeteſs”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, page 5:
  This obſervation is verified in our authoreſs, who, without deſign, without art, and without inſtruction is arrived at a wonderful perfection in the art of poetry, and may be placed amongſt poets of the firſt claſs.

Translations

female author

Bulgarian: а́вторка f (ávtorka), писа́телка f (pisátelka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 女作家 (nǚ zuòjiā)
Danish: forfatterinde (da) c
Esperanto: aŭtorino
Finnish: kirjailijatar
French: auteure (fr) f, écrivaine (fr) f
Georgian: ავტორი (avṭori)
German: Autorin (de) f

Hungarian: írónő (hu), szerzőnő
Irish: banúdar m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forfatterinne (no) m or f

Nynorsk: forfattarinne f
Portuguese: autora f
Russian: писа́тельница (ru) f (pisátelʹnica)
Spanish: autora (es) f
Ukrainian: а́вторка (uk) f (ávtorka), письме́нниця f (pys'ménnytsia)

Anagrams

art houses, arthouses, house rats, shareouts

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