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desertrice

desertrice noun: a female deserter.

Noun

desertrice (plural desertrices)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A female deserter.
    • Cleave to a wife; but let her be a wife, let her be a meet help, a solace, not a nothing, not an adversary, not a desertrice.1645 March 14 (Gregorian calendar), John Milton, Tetrachordon: Expositions upon the Foure Chief Places in Scripture, which Treat of Mariage, or Nullities in Mariage. […], London: [s.n.], →OCLC

Forms of desertrice

pluraldesertrices
alternative formdesertrix

Origin of desertrice

From French désertrice, from Latin dēsertrīx, feminine form of desertor (“deserter”).

Questions about desertrice

What does desertrice mean?
Desertrice means a female deserter.
What part of speech is desertrice?
Desertrice is a noun.
What is the plural of desertrice?
The plural of desertrice is desertrices.

Words near desertrice in the dictionary

  1. desertomycin
  2. desertomycins
  3. desertophile
  4. desertophiles
  5. desertress
  6. desertrice
  7. desertrices
  8. desertrix
  9. desertrue
  10. deserts
  11. deserts the diet

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