释义 |
Britoness rare.|ˈbrɪtənɪs| A female Briton.
1591Spenser Ruines Time 106 Bunduca, Britonnesse..That..with the Romanes fought. 1832Macaulay Burleigh, Ess. 1854 I. 227/1 Such outward marks of servitude as the haughty Britoness [Queen Elizabeth] exacted. 1864Tennyson Boadicea 55 The yellow-ringleted Britoness. |