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单词 druidess
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Druidessn.

Brit. /druːᵻˈdɛs/, /ˈdruːᵻdᵻs/, U.S. /ˈdruədəs/
Etymology: < Druid n. + -ess suffix1. Compare modern French Druidesse (Dict. Acad. 1835). French druide and English Druid were formerly of both genders.
A female Druid; a Druidic prophetess.
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1755 T. Amory Mem. Ladies 208 Caesar..conversed here with the Dryades, and Magistri Sapientiae, the Druidesses and Druids.
1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iii. 23 Our modern Druidesses give much the same account of the ovum anguinum.
1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. xxxv. 188 Of merry England she, in dress Like ancient British druidess.
1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids 286 The Druidesses are represented to have acted like furies.
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