captivatress

plural captivatresses

1. A female captivator.

   Who so vëritably wïse did the / Cäptivatress näme, / The spëar-espousèd Hëlen,³ prize of strïfe?

   1875 July, Francis W[illiam] Newman, “Essay on Poetical Translation”, in Fraser’s Magazine, new series, volume XII, number LXVII, London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], page 93

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   According to the deſcription Famminée (ſo was the Nurſe called) has given me, this concealed captivatreſs muſt be lodged near the ſubterraneous cell.

   1795, Ann Yearsley, The Royal Captives: A Fragment of Secret History. Copied from an Old Manuscript, […], volume III, London: […] G[eorge,] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […], page 223

   Every hour now stolen from the avocations of his duty, Sedly spent with his witching captivatress, from whom he learned, that she was the disobedient, disinherited, though only daughter of his benefactor, his patron, lord Donaldson!

   1810, “The Nephew and Aunt”, in The Soldier of Pennaflor: or, A Season in Ireland. A Tale of the Eighteenth Century., volume IV, Cork: […] John Connor, […], page 132

   “Let me see—yes—I’ll be there. My sister Carrie wants to hear Piccolomini sing ‘Batti, batti,’ once more—I’ll take her and Edith, and see who this mysterious captivatress of yours may be.” / “No captivatress, but a dear good girl, who has sense, refinement, intellect—every thing, except money—that she hasn’t got any very large amount of, I confess.”

   1860 June, “Froth”, in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, volume XXI, number CXXI, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], pages 75–76

   He was not impelled to any hasty course of action as long as he could sun himself in the warmth and light of love, not the less ardent because it was secret from all eyes and knowledge but those of the fair captivatress of his heart.

   1887, [Charles Mackay], “A Little Love Affair, or what seems to be so”, in The Twin Soul or, The Strange Experiences of Mr. Rameses. A Psychological and Realistic Romance., volume II, London: Ward and Downey, […], pages 132–133

   BIJOU / BLANCHE RING / The Magnetic Captivatress / In / “The Yankee Girl” / A Comedy Drama of a Copper Feud in the Tropics

   1915 December 14, The Democrat-News, volume 1, number 167, Lewistown, Mont., page three

   Synonyms: captivatrix