patriotessn.
/patrɪəˈtɛs/, /peɪtrɪəˈtɛs/, /ˈpatrɪətəs/, /ˈpeɪtrɪətəs/, U.S. /ˈpeɪtriədəs/ Now rare.
A female patriot.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > [noun] > patriot > woman
patriotess1786
1786 Daily Advertiser (N.Y.) 7 Apr. s64 (advt.) The celebrated Modellor and Patriotess Mrs. Wright of London.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iv. ix. 263 A Patriot (or some say, it was a Patriotess, and indeed Truth is undiscoverable).
1867 Harper's Mag. May 816/1 Arriving late in the evening at Uncle B.'s, our little patriotess being much fatigued, proposed to retire.
1894 Daily News 12 June 5/4 The inevitable ‘patriotesses’..were present.
1999 Re: Liberal Soldiers in alt.impeach.clinton (Usenet newsgroup) 29 Mar. I guess I'm just a little patriotess.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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