Sophistress

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A female sophist.

    "1677, Thomas D’Urfey, A Fond Husband, London: James Magnes & Richard Bentley, Act V, Scene 5, p. 61, Now the mighty Sophistress is o’erthrown!"

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"1677, Thomas D’Urfey, A Fond Husband, London: James Magnes & Richard Bentley, Act V, Scene 5, p. 61, Now the mighty Sophistress is o’erthrown!"

Etymology

From sophister + -ess.

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