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tyrantess

tyrantess noun: a female tyrant.

Noun

tyrantess (plural tyrantesses)

  1. A female tyrant.
    • Not by a Tyrant, his intended foe, / But by a Tyrantesse […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of tyrantess

pluraltyrantesses
alternative form (obsolete)tyranness

Origin of tyrantess

From Middle English tiraunessis pl; equivalent to tyrant + -ess.

Questions about tyrantess

What does tyrantess mean?
Tyrantess means a female tyrant.
What part of speech is tyrantess?
Tyrantess is a noun.
What is the plural of tyrantess?
The plural of tyrantess is tyrantesses.

Words near tyrantess in the dictionary

  1. tyrant-flycatcher
  2. tyrant-flycatchers
  3. tyrant-manakin
  4. tyrant-manakins
  5. tyranted
  6. tyrantess
  7. tyrantesses
  8. tyranthood
  9. tyranting
  10. tyrantless
  11. tyrantlike

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