Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A murderess.
- noun In old fortification, a battlement with interstices or loopholes for firing through.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A battlement in ancient fortifications with interstices for firing through.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Obsolete form of
murderess .
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Examples
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But were a WOMAN to attempt such an expedient, however strong her sense of injury, however invincible her fortitude, or important the preservation of character, she would be deemed a murdress.
Letter to the Women of England, on the Injustice of Mental Subordination 1799
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But were a WOMAN to attempt such an expedient, however strong her sense of injury, however invincible her fortitude, or important the preservation of character, she would be deemed a murdress.
Letter to the Women of England, on the Injustice of Mental Subordination 1799
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