spectatress
Noun
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Noun
spectatress (plural spectatresses)
- (dated) A female spectator.
- 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.v.1:
- At the end of the two dances, Lord Ernolf again attempted to engage her for his son, but she now excused herself from dancing any more, and sat quietly as a spectatress till the rest of the company gave over.
- 1818, The Edinburgh Review, vol. 30, p. 296:
- Mad. de S. was a spectatress of the whole scene in the interior of the palace
- 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.v.1:
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