dragoness

Noun

dragoness (plural dragonesses)

1. (archaic, figuratively, rare) A female dragon.
   • The King Apollo, with an arrow, freed / From his strong string, destroy’d the Dragoness1616, George Chapman, “A Hymn to Apollo”, in The Whole Works of Homer
   • I will sit on the doorstep like a veritable dragoness and keep intruders off.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
2. (especially, slang) A female dragon.
   • But what really catches my attention about this dragoness is her thick tail, which looks to be twice as thick as a normal dragon tail. And I really don't know how to say this, except to say that this dragoness is seriously luscious. Maybe that's a terrible thing to say because I'm dying and all...2018, Gabe Hudson, “What a Fitting Place for me to Die, Here in the Belly of the Beast”, in Gork, the Teenage Dragon, page 202

   Synonyms:

   dragonette