单词 | creditress |
释义 | creditressn. A female creditor, a creditrix. Earliest in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > [noun] > creditor > female creditress1608 creditrix1611 1608 G. Chapman Conspiracie Duke of Byron ii. sig. D3 Fortune is so farre from his Creditresse That she owes him much. 1632 P. Massinger & N. Field Fatall Dowry iii. sig. F2 You yet may, Lady..Become my Creditresse. 1909 W. A. Ellis tr. R. Wagner Lett. to First Wife II. 788 I'll bring you money to pay off your creditresses. 1990 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 53 530 Professor Alvi has become a substantial creditress in that most productive form of investment for long-term growth in scholarship, the edited text. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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