What does victoress mean?
Victoress means (obsolete) A female victor..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) A female victor..
But when the victoreſſe arriued there, / Where late ſhe left the penſife Scudamore, / With her owne truſty Squire, both full of feare, / Neither of them ſhe found where ſhe them lore:[…].
And at the field fought before Bebriacum, ere the battailes joyned, tvvo Ægles had a conflict and bickered together in all their fights: and vvhen the one of them was foyled and overcome, a third came at the very inſtant from the ſunne riſing and chaſed the Victreſſe avvay.
Use victoress when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Victoress means (obsolete) A female victor..
Common synonyms include conqueress, victrice, victrix.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But when the victoreſſe arriued there, / Where late ſhe left the penſife Scudamore, / With her owne truſty Squire, both full of feare, / Neither of them ſhe found where ſhe them lore:[…].
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