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† ˈheroess Obs.
Also 7 heroisse.
[f. hero + -ess. Cf. rare Gr. ἡρώισσα.]
= heroine.
1612R. Sheldon Serm. St. Martins 48 That Heroisse [Q. Elizabeth] being departed. 1615Chapman Odyss. xi. 445 All th' heroesses in Pluto's house. 1694tr. Milton's Lett. State 4 July an. 1654, A Heroess so matchless in all degrees of Praise and masculine Renown. 1715tr. C'tess D'Aunoy's Wks. 6, I then forgot all that Romances had taught me concerning the Disdain and Pride of their Heroesses. |