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creatress|kriːˈeɪtrɪs|
Also 7 -isse.
[fem. of creator: see -ess.]
A female creator.
1590Spenser F.Q. iii. viii. 10 As her creatresse had in charge to her ordain'd. 1616T. Tuke Treat. agst. Painting 57 Yet is she her owne creatrisse. 1778F. Burney Diary & Lett. Sept., The all-devouring flames..in consuming her [Evelina, the novel] would have preserved her creatress! 1855Singleton Virgil I. 72 Minerva too, Creatress of the olive. 1892Pall Mall G. 15 Sept. 6/11 And yet, as happens so often in the case of dramatic successes, the palm remains with Mdme. Doche, the creatress of the part. |