† vengeressn.
Obsolete. rare.
A female avenger. In quot. a1500 as the name of a spear.
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society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > [noun] > one who inflicts > female
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > avenger of injured or injury > female
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c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) iii. met. xii. 107 Þe þre goddess s, furijs, and vengerisse of felonies.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxvii. 99 O cruelle vltryces, wycked vengeresses, Furyes infernalle & Iusticers of helle.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xiv. 229 This kynge alain was seke of the woundes of the spere vengeresse [Fr. la lance vengeresse].
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A vengeresse, een wreeckster.
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