Meanings
plural perpetratresses
- obsoleterareA female perpetrator.
1 more example
He changed colour, and looked at Mr. Ashburnham and the Duke of Richmond, whilst a titter of gratified malignity at being successful in wounding a nobler soul than their own, discovered to their astonished monarch the perpetratresses of a graceless, heartless disloyalty whose existence he never could have believed.
1844, Hampton Court, or, The prophecy fulfilled, page 291Synonyms: perpetratrix
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA female perpetrator.
Origin
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perpetratress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perpetratress
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