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villainess|ˈvɪlənɪs|
[f. villain n. + -ess.]
A female villain. (Common in recent use.)
1586Marlowe 1st Pt. Tamburl. v. ii, My wife, my Queene and Emperesse,..Villanesse to shame, disdaine, and misery. 1865Reader 20 May 563/3 Her villainess is a she-devil. 1872M. Collins Pr. Clarice II. vii. 99 He can follow his hero and heroine, his villain and villainess, into holes and corners. |