dragoness
English
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈdɹæɡənɛs/
Noun
dragoness (plural dragonesses)
- (rare, archaic, chiefly figuratively) A female dragon.
- 1616, George Chapman, The Whole Works of Homer, "A Hymn to Apollo":
- The King Apollo, with an arrow, freed / From his strong string, destroy’d the Dragoness
- 1616, George Chapman, The Whole Works of Homer, "A Hymn to Apollo":
Translations
a female dragon
References
- OED 2nd edition 1989
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