redemptress

English

Etymology

From redemptor +‎ -ess.[1][2]

Noun

redemptress (plural redemptresses)

  1. A female redeemer.

Synonyms

References
  1. C[harles] T[albut] Onions and William Craigie, editors (1933), “Redemptress”, in The Oxford English Dictionary […] Supplement and Bibliography, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press; Humphrey Milford, […], →OCLC, page 165, column 2: “After Redemptor.”
  2. “redemptress”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.: “redemptor + -ess”
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