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Feminine words for occupations...
English is a weird language. There are feminine words for some occupations, though they're so archaic that they are mainly used for surnames now.
The ones I can come up with easily are:
webster -- weaver
baxter -- baker
brewster -- brewer
spinster -- spinner
Are there others?
ETA: I was thinking about words with the -ster construction, though words with the -ess construction are equally valid.
The ones I can come up with easily are:
webster -- weaver
baxter -- baker
brewster -- brewer
spinster -- spinner
Are there others?
ETA: I was thinking about words with the -ster construction, though words with the -ess construction are equally valid.
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Women experiencing life in it's highest highs and lowest lows, by doing things that would be perfectly permissible were they men - but are of course scandalous because they are of the fairer sex.
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Adventurer vs. adventuress
Gerry: I may not even get married again. I might become an adventuress.
Tom: I can just see you starting for China on a twenty-six foot sail boat.
Gerry: You're thinking of an adventurer, dear. An adventuress never goes on anything under three hundred feet with a crew of eighty.
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