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defendress Now rare.|dɪˈfɛndrɪs|
In 6–7 -eresse, -resse.
[a. F. défenderesse, fem. of défendeur: see -ess.]
1. A female defender, protector, or maintainer.
1509Fisher Wks. (1876) 301 Good preestes and clerkes to whome she was a true defenderesse [ed. 1708 defendresse]. 1581Mulcaster Positions Ded., Elizabeth by the Grace of God Queene of England, Fraunce, and Ireland, defendresse of the faith, &c. 1627–47Feltham Resolves i. lxxv. (1677) 115 Virtue is a Defendress, and valiants the heart of man. 1749H. Walpole Lett. H. Mann (1834) II. cxcix. 265 Gracious Anne..would make an admirable defendress of the new faith.
†2. A female defendant in a suit. Obs.
1611E. Grimstone Hist. France 1042 That which afflicts the Defendresse much more, is that the Complainants obiect against her, that she loued not her child. |