defendress
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English defenderesse, from Old French defenderesse; equivalent to defender + -ess.
Noun
[edit]defendress (plural defendresses)
Translations
[edit]female defender
References
[edit]- “defendress”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.