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usurpress|juːˈzɜːprɪs|
[f. usurper + -ess1.]
A female usurper.
1640Howell Dodona's Gr. 26 She is a double Vsurpresse, in detaining not only Elaiana from her right, but [etc.]. c1650Don Bellianis 210 Faint not, Usurpress of anothers heart, but animate yourself. 1658Cleveland Rustic Rampant 122 She had seized the Kingdome as an Usurpresse by Tyrannie. 1805Pennant's London 245 An innocent usurpress [sc. Lady Jane Gray] succeeded to her apartments in 1553. 1873Dixon Two Queens i. viii. I. 56 The Austrians..detested Isabel as a usurpress. |