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psaltress rare; now only poetic.|ˈsɔːltrɪs|
[app. short for psaltreress, fem. of psaltrer, psalterer.]
A female player on the psaltery.
c1559R. Hall Life Fisher (1655) 3 [John's] Head was beg'd of King Herod, at a banquet of Wine by a Psaltresse, or woman dancer. 1652Benlowes Theoph. ix. liv, Rare Psaltresse, with Heav'n-drops inebriate. 1835Browning Paracelsus v. 666 Earth is a wintry clod: But springtide, like a dancing psaltress, passes Over its breast to waken it. 1875― Aristoph. Apol. 98 Chantress and psaltress, flute-girl, dancing-girl. |