tyrantess

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noun

A female tyrant.

OriginMiddle English tiraunessis pl →
Scrabble 12
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Meanings

nountyrantess (plural tyrantesses)

plural tyrantesses · alternative obsolete tyranness

  1. A female tyrant.

    Not by a Tyrant, his intended foe, / But by a Tyrantesse […]

    1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Middle Englishtiraunessis pl
  2. Englishtyrantess

From Middle English tiraunessis pl; equivalent to tyrant + -ess.

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Translations

French tyranne
  • tyrannefemale tyrant
Cite this entry
APA

tyrantess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tyrantess

MLA

“tyrantess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tyrantess. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tyrantess,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tyrantess.

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