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† deˈvotress Obs.
[f. devoter: see -ess.]
A female devotee; a votaress.
1624Gag for Poe 68 Nuns and other deuotresses. 1662Evelyn Chalcogr. 20 Aristotle mentions Daphne a certain Devotresse of Apollo. 1689J. Carlisle Fortune Hunters 35 Cruel Devotress, will you rob the World Of the but one sweet Angel they have left To add to those vast Millions are above? |