warrioress
warrioress noun: a female warrior.
Noun
warrioress (plural warrioresses)
- A female warrior.
- Eftsoones that warriouresse with haughty crest / Did forth issue all ready for the fight […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- "[...] which furnished the battery just below our stand, and which, as soon as the unwieldy old warrioress had occupied the post of honor reserved for her in their midst, sent forth a martial acclaim of welcome that made the earth tremble under our feet, and resounded through the air, shivering...1879, Fanny Kemble, Records of a Girlhood, page 162
- Synonyms:
- soldieress
Synonyms of warrioress
Forms of warrioress
| plural | warrioresses |
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Origin of warrioress
From warrior + -ess.
Questions about warrioress
- What does warrioress mean?
- Warrioress means a female warrior.
- What part of speech is warrioress?
- Warrioress is a noun.
- What is the plural of warrioress?
- The plural of warrioress is warrioresses.
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