owneressn.
/ˌəʊnəˈrɛs/, /ˈəʊnərᵻs/, U.S. /ˈoʊnərəs/ rare.
A female owner.In quot. 1923: the wife of a ship's captain (see owner n. 2).
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > captain or master > wife of
owneress1923
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife > wife of one in specific occupation > specific
doctoress1622
generaless1646
tradeswomana1652
bishopess1699
doctress1748
vicaress1770
parsoness1784
farm wife1831
farmeress1833
old Dutcha1889
rebbetzin1892
owneress1923
faculty wife1962
1923 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 445/2 The Owner and Owneress have a very jolly little cabin.
2002 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Nexis) 30 Oct. 37 Bea Smith, the store's owneress, took orders on the telephone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1923