dragoness

plural dragonesses · alternative dragonness

1. archaicfigurativelyrareA female dragon.

   I will sit on the doorstep like a veritable dragoness and keep intruders off.

   1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

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   The King Apollo, with an arrow, freed / From his strong string, destroy’d the Dragoness

   1616, George Chapman, “A Hymn to Apollo”, in The Whole Works of Homer

2. especiallyslangfantasyA female dragon.

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   But what really catches my attention about this dragoness is her thick tail, which looks to be twice as thick as a normal dragon tail. And I really don't know how to say this, except to say that this dragoness is seriously luscious. Maybe that's a terrible thing to say because I'm dying and all, but there it is. This is one seriously juicy-looking dragonette.

   2018, Gabe Hudson, “What a Fitting Place for me to Die, Here in the Belly of the Beast”, in Gork, the Teenage Dragon, page 202

   Synonyms: dragonette