Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A female ghost.

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Examples

  • "I sees a white ghostess a-flying down on us, with big wings like a h'angel!"

    Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel John B. [Illustrator] Greene

  • "Durned ef I kear," said Hiram defiantly; "ghostess or no ghostess, I'm bound fur thet pile, I am, if we ken sorter light on it!"

    The Island Treasure 1887

  • Thaar's no denying b'ys, ez how poor Sam's ghostess walks abroad this hyar ship, an 'thet means sunthin', or it don't!

    The Island Treasure 1887

  • "Guess I don't want ter run down thet air ghostess," said he apologetically.

    The Island Treasure 1887

  • - "If the plural of host is hostess then the plural of ghost is ghostess."

    Independent Information Technology and business analysis from IT-Director.com 2009

  • OK, so it was basically Pac-Man with a few minor tweaks - more mazes, smarter ghosts (such as Clyde, who had a gender rethink and became a demure orange ghostess named Sue) - but the romance between the Mr. and Ms. was the ace in the hole for me.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2008

  • I still don’t see how people could be shocked to death by this lil’ ghostess did ANYONE ever read that book about ghostesses with toastesses?

    The Locker/The Locker II (2003) 2010

  • When Hiram Bangs and I met in the galley, shortly after the row was over, we both compared notes, the American saying that he'd been roused up from sleep, not by the noise of the shooting or rampaging about the deck, but by the sound of Sam's voice singing in the hold, and he knew at once that some mischief was going to happen, "ez it allers did when he heerd the durned ghostess afore!"

    The Island Treasure 1887

  • Thar be a ghostess in the yard! "he yelled, as he ran.

    The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code John Henry Goldfrap 1898

  • He's a won'erful slimy sort o 'cuss, an' since he's ben skeart by Sam Jedfoot's ghostess he hez ben a durned sight too mealy-mouthed fur me! "

    The Island Treasure 1887

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