Avengeress

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female avenger. rare

    "That cruell Queene avengeresse"

Example

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"Here you see the torch of Althaea, the avengeress; she was a good sister, but a bad mother."

Etymology

From avenger + -ess. Compare Middle English vengeresses pl, vengerisse pl, vengerousses pl, veniouresse, veynjowresse, from Anglo-Norman vengeresse, vengerresse.

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