conqueress

English

Etymology

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

Noun

conqueress (plural conqueresses)

A female conqueror.
- 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:
  And now by this the noble Conquereſſe / Her ſelfe came in, her glory to partake;

Synonyms

victoress, victress, victrice, victrix

Translations

Female conqueror — see also conqueror

Latin: victrix (la)

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