Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A female devourer.
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- noun obsolete A
female devourer .
Etymologies
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Shortened from devoureress, from the Old French devoureresse, feminine form of devoreor.
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Examples
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(Luke i. 36); ‘slayeress’ (Tob.iii. 9); ‘devouress’ (Ezek. xxxvi.
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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