deliveress
English
Noun
deliveress (plural deliveresses)
- (archaic) A female deliverer.
- 1644 May 1 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for April 21 1644]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:
- 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
References
- “deliveress”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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