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championess

championess noun: a female champion.

Noun

championess (plural championesses)

  1. (archaic) A female champion.
    • Then laid the noble Championesse strong hond / Upon th'enchaunter which had her distrest / So sore, and with foule outrages opprest.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of championess

pluralchampionesses

Origin of championess

From champion + -ess.

Questions about championess

What does championess mean?
Championess means a female champion.
What part of speech is championess?
Championess is a noun.
What is the plural of championess?
The plural of championess is championesses.

Words near championess in the dictionary

  1. champion-elect
  2. champion-in-chief
  3. championed
  4. championer
  5. championers
  6. championess
  7. championesses
  8. championeth
  9. championing
  10. championings
  11. championize

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