dragoness

English

Etymology

From dragon +‎ -ess.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɹæɡənɛs/

Noun

dragoness (plural dragonesses)

(rare, archaic, chiefly figurative) A female dragon.
- 1616, George Chapman, “A Hymn to Apollo”, in The Whole Works of Homer:
  The King Apollo, with an arrow, freed / From his strong string, destroy’d the Dragoness

Translations

a female dragon

Bengali: আজদাহাণী (ajdahani)
Catalan: dragona (ca) f
Czech: dračice (cs) f
Esperanto: drakino
French: dracène (fr) f, dragonne (fr) f
German: Drachin (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: δράκαινα f (drákaina)
Italian: dragonessa f, draga (it) f
Polish: smoczyca (pl) f
Portuguese: dragoa (pt) f
Spanish: dragona (es) f
Swedish: drakhona (sv) c

References

OED 2nd edition 1989

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