survivoress
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survivoress (plural survivoresses)
- A woman or girl who survives.
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CXCVII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
- But this I will undertake, that if you are the survivress, you shall be at the least ten thousand pounds the better for me.