| MAYORESS | • mayoress n. A female mayor. • mayoress n. The wife of a (male) mayor. • mayoress n. A daughter or female friend of a male mayor chosen by him to hold the title mayoress. |
| PRIORESS | • prioress n. A nun in charge of a priory (usually lower in rank than an abbess); mother superior. • PRIORESS n. a female superior of a house of any of various orders of nuns. |
| TUTORESS | • tutoress n. A female tutor. • TUTORESS n. (archaic) a female tutor, also TUTRESS, TUTRIX. |
| ANCHORESS | • anchoress n. A female anchorite. A woman who chooses to withdraw from the world to live a solitary life of prayer… • anchoress n. (Informal) An anchorwoman. • ANCHORESS n. a female anchorite, one who lives in seclusion, usually for religious reasons, also ANCRESS. |
| AUTHORESS | • authoress n. (Dated) A female author. • AUTHORESS n. a female author. |
| DOCTORESS | • doctoress n. (Archaic) A female doctor. • DOCTORESS n. a female doctor, also DOCTRESS. |
| JAILORESS | • jailoress n. A female jailor. • JAILORESS n. a female jailor, also GAOLERESS, JAILERESS. |
| RECTORESS | • rectoress n. A governess; a rectrix. • rectoress n. The wife of a rector. • RECTORESS n. a female rector, a rector's wife, also RECTRESS. |
| TAILORESS | • tailoress n. (Dated) a female tailor. • TAILORESS n. a female tailor. |
| VICTORESS | • victoress n. (Obsolete) A female victor. • VICTORESS n. (obsolete) a female victor, also VICTRESS, VICTRIX. |
| ELECTORESS | • electoress n. Alternative form of electress. • ELECTORESS n. the wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire, also ELECTRESS. |
| TRAITORESS | • traitoress n. (Obsolete) A female traitor. • TRAITORESS n. a female traitor, also TRAITRESS. |
| WARRIORESS | • warrioress n. (Rare) A female warrior. • WARRIORESS n. a female warrior. |
| SUBPRIORESS | • subprioress n. A female subprior. • SUBPRIORESS n. an assistant prioress. |
| SUPERIORESS | • superioress n. A mother superior. • SUPERIORESS n. the head of a nunnery. |
| CONFESSORESS | • confessoress n. A woman who hears confession. • CONFESSORESS n. a female confessor. |
| PROFESSORESS | • professoress n. (Archaic) A female professor. • PROFESSORESS n. a female professor. |