conqueress

English

Etymology

From conquer +‎ -ess.

Noun

conqueress (plural conqueresses)

A female conqueror.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.7:
  And now by this the noble Conqueresse / Her selfe came in, her glory to partake […].

Synonyms

victress, victoress

Translations

Female conqueror — See also translations at conqueror

Latin: victrix (la)

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