supportressn.
/səˈpɔːtrᵻs/, U.S. /səˈpɔrtrəs/ Chiefly literary in later use. Now rare.
A female supporter.Applied to a person, or a thing personified.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun] > that which or one who supports > one who > female
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1605 J. Marston Dutch Courtezan i. ii. sig. Bv My right pretious pandres supportres of Barbar Surgeons and inhauntres of lotium and dyet drinke.
1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 163 A gracious and stedfast hope, the good nursse and supportresse of his old age.
a1640 P. Massinger Guardian i. ii. 18 in 3 New Playes (1655) You are my gracious Patroness and supportress.
1716 Mil. & Other Poems 49 Thou great supportress of my Realms, and me.
1820 J. Keats Lamia ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 34 A haunting music, sole perhaps and lone Supportress of the faery-roof, made moan.
1882 J. G. Scott Burman (1963) lxi. 570 Dear me, my good supportress, how thin you have grown.
1991 T. B. Coburn tr. Encountering Goddess iii. 36 The incomparable queen of all, supportress of the world, who causes its maintenance and destruction.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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