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† ˈpurpuress Obs.
Also 4 -iresse, 7 -urisse.
[f. L. purpura purple + -ess; transl. late L. purpurāria.]
A female seller of purple.
1382Wyclif Acts xvi. 14 Lidda.., purpuresse of the citee of Tiatirens [v.r., a purpiresse, either womman makinge purpur; 1611 a seller of purple]. 1647Trapp Marrow Gd. Auth. in Comm. Ep. 634 Paul cannot finde the purpurisse, nor Peter the Tanner. |