notaress

English

Etymology

From notary +‎ -ess.[1]

Noun

notaress (plural notaresses)

  1. (dated) A female notary.
    • 1888 [1844], Honoré de Balzac, translated by Katharine[sic] Prescott Wormeley, “A Diplomatic Letter”, in Modeste Mignon, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers […], →OCLC, page 308:
      Pity me; imagine! I pass my evenings with notaries, notaresses, cashiers, provincial money-lenders—ah! what a change from my evenings in the rue de Grenelle.
      [original: Plains-moi, je passe mes soirées avec des clercs de notaire, des notaresses, des caissiers, un usurier de province; et, certes, il y a loin de là aux soirées de la rue de Grenelle.]

References

  1. ^ “notaress, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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