Victoress
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A female victor. obsolete
"But when the victoreſſe arriued there, / Where late ſhe left the penſife Scudamore, / With her owne truſty Squire, both full of feare, / Neither of them ſhe found where ſhe them lore:[…]."
Example
More examples"But when the victoreſſe arriued there, / Where late ſhe left the penſife Scudamore, / With her owne truſty Squire, both full of feare, / Neither of them ſhe found where ſhe them lore:[…]."
Etymology
From victor + -ess.
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