English

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Etymology

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From sponsor +‎ -ess.

Noun

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sponsoress (plural sponsoresses)

  1. (rare) A female sponsor.
    • 1871, George Alfred Lawrence, Anteros:
      Lady Montfort, another relative, who once had found it convenient to forget that any Shafton blood ran in her veins, offered to be the bride's sponsoress