comfortress

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noun

A woman who comforts.

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Meanings

nouncomfortress (plural comfortresses)

plural comfortresses

  1. rareA woman who comforts.

    To be your comfortress, and to preserve you

    1605 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, Ben: Ionson His Volpone or The Foxe, [London]: […] [George Eld] for Thomas Thorppe, published 1607, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet Archive page)

Origin

From comforter + -ess.

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APA

comfortress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comfortress

MLA

“comfortress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comfortress. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “comfortress,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comfortress.

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