laddess

English

Etymology

From lad +‎ -ess.

Noun

laddess (plural laddesses)

  1. (rare) A young woman.
    • 1825, The Songster's Multum in Parvo, page 36:
      Oh! ye lads and ye laddesses gay
    • 1890, Horace Walpole, Charles Duke Yonge, Letters, selected and ed. by C. D. Yonge, volume 2, page 88:
      I know that he is a very amiable lad, and I do not know that she is not as amiable a laddess, but I had rather see their house comfortably when they are not there.
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