† regeneratressn.
Obsolete. rare.
A woman who regenerates someone or something.
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regeneratress1800
1800 T. T. Roberts Indian Gloss. Lamissa Tucepamo, or the great regeneratress; her seat is on an island in the lake Paltoo, by the natives called Jumdro or Jangoo.
1825 S. Oliver Gen. Crit. Gram. Inglish Lang. 39/2 (table) Regenerator, regeneratress.
1854 Times 21 Oct. 8/4 The Queen Mother, ‘the august regeneratress of the liberty of my country.’
1894 Dublin Rev. Oct. 307 The regeneratress of France.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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