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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin possestrīcem. By surface analysis, possesseur + -rice.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔ.sɛ.sʁis/ ~ /pɔ.se.sʁis/
Noun
possessrice f (plural possessrices)
- female equivalent of possesseur
1735, Jean-Louis Brunet, Atlas historique, volume 4, page 20:
(Can we date this quote?), Handelingen van de Koninklijke Commissie voor Toponymie en Dialectologie, page 188:[...] ceux ou celles qui sont possesseurs ou possessrices du bien [...] madame de la paix Dieu, possessrice de la cense de Hartenge And [...]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)