conqueress

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nounconqueress (plural conqueresses)

A female conqueror.
And now by this the noble Conquereſſe / Her ſelfe came in, her glory to partake;
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 36, page 278
Synonyms: victoress, victress, victrice, victrix

nounA female conqueror.

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From Middle English conqueresse, conquiris, conquires, probably from Old French; equivalent to conquer + -ess.

More words from Middle English

Latin victrix

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