What does captivatress mean?
Captivatress means A female captivator..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A female captivator..
According to the deſcription Famminée (ſo was the Nurſe called) has given me, this concealed captivatreſs muſt be lodged near the ſubterraneous cell.
Every hour now stolen from the avocations of his duty, Sedly spent with his witching captivatress, from whom he learned, that she was the disobedient, disinherited, though only daughter of his benefactor, his patron, lord Donaldson!
“Let me see—yes—I’ll be there. My sister Carrie wants to hear Piccolomini sing ‘Batti, batti,’ once more—I’ll take her and Edith, and see who this mysterious captivatress of yours may be.” / “No captivatress, but a dear good girl, who has sense, refinement, intellect—every thing, except money—that she hasn’t got any very large amount of, I confess.”
Who so vëritably wïse did the / Cäptivatress näme, / The spëar-espousèd Hëlen,³ prize of strïfe?
He was not impelled to any hasty course of action as long as he could sun himself in the warmth and light of love, not the less ardent because it was secret from all eyes and knowledge but those of the fair captivatress of his heart.
BIJOU / BLANCHE RING / The Magnetic Captivatress / In / “The Yankee Girl” / A Comedy Drama of a Copper Feud in the Tropics
A sub-deb sister, permitted a timid shine at the beginning of the first act before the Grand Entrance, informs the audience that four interesting men are in love with the heroine—a rising Congressman, a Marine, a Social Lion, and an ex-Aviator Hero—so that the audience confidently expects a captivatress.
The male becomes a constant attendant upon his captivatress, obeying her spoken commands and seeking to submit to her inarticulate emotional nature in every way possible. […] After bodily relationship is established, however, the outstanding feature of male response is apt to be an attempt to assume the rôle of captivatress as expeditiously as possible. […] We find numerous evidences in such literature as the Arabian Nights, that Oriental potentates, while indulging in love, are sufficiently intelligent to surrender their bodies completely over to the ministration and control of their captivatresses.
Use captivatress when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Captivatress means A female captivator..
Common synonyms include captivatrix.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
According to the deſcription Famminée (ſo was the Nurſe called) has given me, this concealed captivatreſs muſt be lodged near the ſubterraneous cell.
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