Victoress

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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

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"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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