† emulatressn.
Obsolete. rare.
A female emulator. Also figurative.
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emulatress1620
competitress1645
emulatrix1651
rivaless1655
1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. ii. i. 65 History, the Emulatresse of Time.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xxxviii. 244 I was not willing my Girl should give way to the noble Emulatress.
1832 in N. Webster Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. Dicts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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n.1620- magnium
- magnocellular
- magnochromite
- magnolia
- magnolia state
- magnolia tree
- magnolia warbler
- magnolia-covered
- magnolia-like
- magnolia-painted
- magnolia-pink
- magnolia-scented
- magnoliaceous
- magnoliacovered
- magnoliad
- magnolialike
- magnoliapainted
- magnoliapink
- magnolias
- magnoliascented
- magnoliid
- magnolioid
- magnolious
- magnoliousness
- magnolite