esquiressn.
/ᵻˈskwʌɪərᵻs/, /ɛˈskwʌɪərᵻs/, /ᵻˌskwʌɪəˈrɛs/, /ɛˌskwʌɪəˈrɛs/, U.S. /ɛˈskwaɪ(ə)rəs/, /əˈskwaɪ(ə)rəs/ A female esquire.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > female attendant of specific rank
esquiress1618
1618 J. Smyth in T. D. Fosbroke Berkeley MSS. (1821) 211 The principall Mourneresse, apparelled as an Esquieresse.
1630 J. Taylor Praise Cleane Linnen Ded., in Wks. ii. 164 Martha Legge, Esquiresse..Laundresse to the Right worshipfull and generous the Innes of Court.
1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele II. 79 An esquiress at arms, generally a small slave girl, carrying the musket.
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n.1618- multiplicability
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- multiplication constant
- multiplication factor
- multiplication sign
- multiplication table
- multiplicational
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- multiplicative
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- multiplicator
- multiplicators
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- multiplicious
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- multiplicities
- multiplicity