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-stress (stris)

  1. a female person who is, does, or creates (something specified) songstress
  2. a female person associated with (something specified)

Etymology: < -ster + -ess

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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