deliveress

noun

Etymology

From deliver + -ess.

  1. derived from
  2. derived from delivrer
  3. inherited from deliveren
  4. suffixed as deliveress — “deliver + ess

Definitions

  1. A female deliverer.

    • Joan d'Arc, armed also like a cavalier, with boots and spurs, her hair dishevelled, as the deliveress of the town from our countrymen, when they besieged it
    • Approach, encompassing Death—strong Deliveress! / When it is so—when thou hast taken them, I joyously sing the dead, / Lost in the loving, floating ocean of thee, / Laved in the flood of thy bliss, O Death.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA