[f. EDITOR + -ESS.] A female editor.

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1799.  W. Taylor, in Robberds, Mem., I. 286. The editress … has inserted the French letter to Anquetil du Perron.

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1826.  Gentl. Mag., Sept., 244/1. The fair Editress has got up this work judiciously and tastefully.

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1884.  Bazaar, 17 Dec., 648/1. The editress of this volume … is herself an authoress.

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