Usurpress
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Usurpress is a noun meaning (rare) A female usurper.
Meaning
(rare) A female usurper.
Example Sentences
This yet may dash the Marriage; and Leucasia That bold Usurpress of my Bed shall miss Of being saluted Queen to night howe'r.
Sophia, who was anxious not to be reckoned a usurpress and who wished to keep up appearances, held two thrones and two crowns on behalf of Ivan and Peter.
Madame Le Crampon was the absolute ruler of this machine;--her mother had ceased to hold almost any relation to it! She had abdicated in favour of that hard and implacable usurpress.
1868, Anonymous, Pandora (poem), The Atlantic Monthly, Vol 22, Issue 132, archived here Thou, that assumest to lead, Holding the truth and the keys of the skies, Art the usurpress indeed, And rulest thy sons with a sceptre of lies.
Word Forms
- usurpresses
Synonyms for usurpress
Depending on context, synonyms include usurpatrix.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include usuress, corruptress, plunderess, usheress, slanderess, underusher.
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