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pantheress|ˈpænθərɪs|
[f. prec. + -ess.]
A female panther.
1862Froude in Sir J. Skelton Shirley's Table-t. 127 Mary Stuart..was something between Rachel and a pantheress. 1877Dixon Diana, Lady Lyle II. vii. iv. 201 A pantheress is not armed with a more stealthy foot.
b. fig. Applied to a fierce or cruel but beautiful woman. Also attrib.
1868Sat. Rev. 18 Jan. 75/1 A heroine of the beautiful pantheress order. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right (1899) 43/1 You are just as much carried away by this infernal scoundrel's regular features and soft voice, as that handsome pantheress that he's stolen somewhere. |