Deliveress
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Deliveress is a noun meaning (archaic) A female deliverer.
Meaning
(archaic) A female deliverer.
Example Sentences
Joan d'Arc, armed also like a cavalier, with boots and spurs, her hair dishevelled, as the deliveress of the town from our countrymen, when they besieged it
Approach, encompassing Death—strong Deliveress! / When it is so—when thou hast taken them, I joyously sing the dead, / Lost in the loving, floating ocean of thee, / Laved in the flood of thy bliss, O Death.
Word Forms
- deliveresses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include driveress, deliverance, doormaid, draperess, disseizoress, danceress.
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