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authoress
[ aw-ther-is ]
authoress
/ ˈɔËθəˌ°ùÉ›²õ /
noun
- old-fashioned.a female author
Usage
Gender Note
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of authoress1
Example Sentences
"To differing degrees the social services and police's responses to the situation that they found themselves in was that they were the authoresses of their own misfortunes," he said.
They published under their own names at a time when English “authoresses†were expected to hide behind gender-ambiguous pseudonyms or remain anonymous.
‘All is sweet, pure, and healthy.’†continued the perplexed authoress.
Imitation is the sincerest form of Flannery as a new “American Masters†recalls the life and times of beloved authoress Flannery O’Connor.
Midler went on a multicity book tour, sporting special hats that she commissioned to celebrate her new life as “an authoress.â€
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