dentistess

noun

Etymology

From dentist + -ess.

  1. borrowed from dentiste
  2. suffixed as dentistess — “dentist + ess

Definitions

  1. A female dentist.

    • In the so-called “learned professions” in the United States there are already five hundred and thirty doctresses, sixty-eight preacheresses, and about half a dozen lawyeresses, besides four hundred and twenty dentistesses.
    • A Boston dentistess is so pretty that “she could coax a man’s tooth out by just putting her hand under his chin and asking for it.
    • Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Olney are still rejoicing over the late arrival at their home of a little dentist or dentistess.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA