Britoness

English

Etymology

From Briton +‎ -ess.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɪtənɛs/

Noun

Britoness (plural Britonesses)

  1. (literary) A British woman. [from 16th c.]
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.12:
      Yet the bold Britonesse was nought ydred, / Though much emmov'd, but stedfast still persevered.
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