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† ˈpoetress Obs.
Also -is, -esse.
[a. obs. F. poetresse, poetrice, f. L. poētria or poētris poetess, with suffix conformed to the fem. endings -esse, -ice, -ess.]
= poetess.
1560Rolland Crt. Venus iii. 24 The Poetris and Maistres eik Sappho. 1591Spenser Tears Muses 576 [She] is her selfe a peereles Poetresse. 1622Peacham Compl. Gent. iv. (1634) 36 Those foure sisters, the learned daughters of Sir Anthony Cooke, and rare Poetresses. a1640Earl Stirling Poems 285 (Jod.) The poetress's hasty resolution. 1694Motteux Rabelais iv. lvii, Making Poets of Ravens..and Poetresses of Magpies. 1756J. Kennedy Curiosities of Wilton House (1786) 47 The Busts of Sulpitia, the Poetress. |