robberess

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From robber +‎ -ess.

Noun[edit]

robberess (plural robberesses)

  1. a female robber.
    • 1904, New-Church Messenger, page 235:
      I have been brought up to something better, and, sooner than live in a dirty cave and be nothing but a robberess,
    • 1992, Sabine Hake, Passions and Deceptions: The Early Films of Ernst Lubitsch, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 110:
      What changes take place, one could for instance ask, when a gullible brat (The Doll) or a wild robberess (The Mountain Cat) take over the narrative, or when the fantastic sets are invaded by the spirit of joyful anarchy?
    • 2019, Bill Peschel, The Best Sherlock Holmes Parodies and Pastiches: 1888-1930: 223B Casebook Series, Peschel Press
      “Out o' luck,” groaned the robberess. All of a sudden she pointed her weapon at me.
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