Definitions

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  • noun rare A female harper.

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  • noun archaic A woman who plays the harp.

Etymologies

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harper +‎ -ess?

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Examples

  • A few irregular strains introduced a prelude of a wild and peculiar tone, which harmonised well with the distant waterfall, and the soft sigh of the evening breeze in the rustling leaves of an aspen, which overhung the seat of the fair harpress.

    Waverley 2004

  • A few irregular strains introduced a prelude of a wild and peculiar tone, which harmonized well with the distant waterfall, and the soft sigh of the evening breeze in the rustling leaves of an aspen which overhung the seat of the fair harpress.

    The Waverley 1877

  • A few irregular strains introduced a prelude of a wild and peculiar tone, which harmonized well with the distant waterfall, and the soft sigh of the evening breeze in the rustling leaves of an aspen which overhung the seat of the fair harpress.

    Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since Walter Scott 1801

  • A few irregular strains introduced a prelude of a wild and peculiar tone, which harmonised well with the distant waterfall, and the soft sigh of the evening breeze in the rustling leaves of an aspen, which overhung the seat of the fair harpress.

    Waverley Walter Scott 1801

  • A few irregular strains introduced a prelude of a wild and peculiar tone, which harmonised well with the distant waterfall, and the soft sigh of the evening breeze in the rustling leaves of an aspen, which overhung the seat of the fair harpress.

    Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • A few irregular strains introduced a prelude of a wild and peculiar tone, which harmonised well with the distant waterfall, and the soft sigh of the evening breeze in the rustling leaves of an aspen, which overhung the seat of the fair harpress.

    Waverley — Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801

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  • I've known a few harpresses. They all seemed a little bit strange to me.

    January 8, 2012