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desertrices

desertrices is the plural of desertrice.

desertrices is the plural of desertrix.

Meaning of desertrice

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

Questions about desertrices

What is desertrices the plural of?
Desertrices is the plural of desertrice.

Words near desertrices in the dictionary

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

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