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supportress|səˈpɔətrɪs|
[f. supporter + -ess1: see -tress.]
A female supporter. (Applied to a person, or a thing personified.)
1621T. Williamson tr. Goulart's Wise Vieillard 163 A gracious and stedfast hope, the good nursse and supportresse of his old age. 1637Massinger Guardian i. ii, You are my gracious patroness and supportress. 1680Seasonable Mem. Hist. Notes Liberties Presse & Pulpit 36 The City of London..the very Nurse and Support[r]esse of the Rebellion. 1819Keats Lamia ii. 123 A haunting music, sole perhaps and lone Supportress of the faery-roof, made moan. |