The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #125221   Message #2771013
Posted By: Paul Burke
22-Nov-09 - 07:02 AM
Thread Name: BS: Usage: -ess suffix for female operatives
Subject: RE: BS: Usage: -ess suffix for female operatives
My daughter used to be a monstress. I never heard of doctresses though there were conductresses. Mrs Plug wasn't a plumbress, and no one ever called herself a bakeress. I suppose a female lobster could be a lobstress. I have met mercifully few wankstresses.