Donatress

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female donator.

    "The gallery at Brussels has, by-the-by, recently acquired a small Madonna which is palpably by the same hand as the donatress at Bruges and the Moulins altarpiece."

Example

More examples

"The gallery at Brussels has, by-the-by, recently acquired a small Madonna which is palpably by the same hand as the donatress at Bruges and the Moulins altarpiece."

Etymology

From donator + -ess.

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