单词 | victress |
释义 | victressn. A female victor or vanquisher. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > victor or conqueror > [noun] > female victricea1387 conqueressa1400 triumphatrice1430 vainqueressa1513 victoress1586 victress1601 victrix1651 triumphressc1780 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 452 Posthumius Tubertus..rode triumphant in this manner, to wit, crowned with a chaplet of Myrtle, dedicated to Venus Victresse [1634 Victoresse]. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 243 When the one of them was foyled and overcome, a third [eagle] came at the very instant from the sunne rising and chased the victresse away. 1637 T. Heywood Dial. xviii. 244 She that's crownd Victresse by the Trojan Boy, For meed this golden Apple shall enioy. a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 44 She as a Mother not a Victresse calls. 1741 W. Shenstone Judgm. Hercules 514 Not such the victress, Virtue's constant queen, Endur'd the test of truth. c1780 M. Monsey in J. C. Jeaffreson Bk. about Doctors (1860) II. iv. 84 O Venus, send dire ruin on her head; Strike the destroyer, lay the victress dead. 1850 W. P. Scargill Eng. Sketch-bk. 21 Peggy Mumps, his sister, was victress in a chemise race. 1867 W. D. Howells Ital. Journeys 101 The painter has done his best for the victress in this rivalry. 1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere III. vi. xlv. 297 ‘I wouldn't have given it him,’..the supposed victress was saying to herself. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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