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conqueress|ˈkɒŋkərɪs|
Also 5 conquires, 6 -queres, 6–7 -esse.
[Corresponds to an OF. conquereresse, fem. of conquerere, -eor: see -ess.]
A female conqueror.
a1400–50Alexander 5105, I, Candace þe conquires. 1503Hawes Examp. Virt. iv. 44 A conqueres so puyssaunt. 1596Spenser F.Q. v. vii. 36 The noble conqueresse Herselfe came in. 1651Biggs New Disp. 78 After Nature hath return'd Conqueresse. 1858Masson Milton I. 160 His conqueress being some beauty who had been seen by chance. |