Britonessn.

Brit.

/brɪtəˈnɛs/,

/ˈbrɪtənᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈbrɪtn̩əs/

Forms: see Briton n. and adj. and -ess suffix¹; also 1500s Britonnesse.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Briton n., -ess suffix¹.

Etymology: < Briton n. + -ess suffix¹.

literary. rare.

A British woman.In earlier use chiefly with reference to British adj. 1a and subsequently also to British adj. 3.

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the world > people > ethnicities > Celtic people > [noun] > ancient Britons > person > woman

Britoness1591

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Britain > woman

Britoness1832

1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints 106 Bunduca, Britonnesse..That..with the Romanes fought.

1606 W. Herbert Englands Sorrowe sig. D2^v (margin) The Emperor Constantine the first, sonne to Helen a Britonesse had this land in good reputation.

1832 T. B. Macaulay Burleigh & his Times in Ess. (1854) I. 227/1 Such outward marks of servitude as the haughty Britoness [Queen Elizabeth] exacted.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Boadicea 55 The yellow-ringleted Britoness.

1965 Stud. Eng. Lit. 1500–1900 5 92 Upon the Britoness..comes an armed knight, forbidding her access to his strand. Disdaining his threats, Britomart challenges him to combat.

1997 N. Tonkovich Domesticity with Difference iii. 67 Hale..especially advocated the use of Americaness (the parallel to Britoness, a term favored by Spencer and Tennyson) to be admitted to general use.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	britoness
释义	Britonessn. Brit. /brɪtəˈnɛs/, /ˈbrɪtənᵻs/, U.S. /ˈbrɪtn̩əs/ Forms: see Briton n. and adj. and -ess suffix¹; also 1500s Britonnesse. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Briton n., -ess suffix¹. Etymology: < Briton n. + -ess suffix¹. literary. rare. A British woman.In earlier use chiefly with reference to British adj. 1a and subsequently also to British adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Celtic people > [noun] > ancient Britons > person > woman Britoness1591 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Britain > woman Britoness1832 1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints 106 Bunduca, Britonnesse..That..with the Romanes fought. 1606 W. Herbert Englands Sorrowe sig. D2^v (margin) The Emperor Constantine the first, sonne to Helen a Britonesse had this land in good reputation. 1832 T. B. Macaulay Burleigh & his Times in Ess. (1854) I. 227/1 Such outward marks of servitude as the haughty Britoness [Queen Elizabeth] exacted. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Boadicea 55 The yellow-ringleted Britoness. 1965 Stud. Eng. Lit. 1500–1900 5 92 Upon the Britoness..comes an armed knight, forbidding her access to his strand. Disdaining his threats, Britomart challenges him to combat. 1997 N. Tonkovich Domesticity with Difference iii. 67 Hale..especially advocated the use of Americaness (the parallel to Britoness, a term favored by Spencer and Tennyson) to be admitted to general use. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1591
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