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malefactress|ˈmælɪfæktrɪs|
[f. malefactor + -ess.]
A female malefactor.
1647Fanshawe tr. Pastor Fido (1676) 123 She dies a Malefactress. 1797Mark Noble Mem. Ho. Medici xv. 285 Bianca [was buried] with the ignominy and contempt of a malefactress, and a beggar. 1850Hawthorne Scarlet L. ii. (1883) 71 We women..should have the handling of such malefactresses as this Hester Prynne. |