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Druidess|ˈdruːɪdɪs|
[f. Druid + -ess. Cf. mod.F. Druidesse (Dict. Acad. 1835). F. druide and Eng. Druid were formerly of both genders.]
A female Druid; a Druidic prophetess.
1755T. Amory Mem. (1769) I. 237 Caesar..conversed here with the Dryades, and Magistri Sapientiae, the Druidesses and Druids. 1769Pennant Zool. (1776) III. 32 (Jod.) Our modern Druidesses give much the same account of the ovum anguinum. 1813Scott Trierm. iii. xxxv, Of merry England she, in dress Like ancient British Druidess. 1827G. Higgins Celtic Druids 286 The Druidesses are represented to have acted like furies. |