championess

English

Etymology

From champion +‎ -ess.

Noun

championess (plural championesses)

  1. (archaic) A female champion.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.12:
      Then laid the noble Championesse strong hond / Upon th'enchaunter which had her distrest / So sore, and with foule outrages opprest.
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