exactressn.
/ᵻɡˈzaktrᵻs/, /ɛɡˈzaktrᵻs/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzæktrəs/, /ɛɡˈzæktrəs/ rare.
She that exacts, a female exactor.
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the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun] > one who > female
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society > authority > strictness > [noun] > exactingness > exacting person > woman
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > compelling the fulfilment or performance of > one who > woman
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1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xiv. 4 How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city [margin. exactress of gold] ceesed! View more context for this quotation
1624 B. Jonson Neptunes Triumph 55 That were a heauy and hard taske, to satisfie Expectation, who is so seuere an exactresse of duties.
1833 J. Kenrick in Philol. Museum 2 351 The name..more probably means ‘exactress of justice’.
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