assassinatressn.
/əˈsasᵻneɪtrᵻs/, U.S. /əˈsæs(ə)nˌeɪtrəs/ rare.
A female assassin.
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1864 ‘Ouida’ Strathmore xvii, in New Monthly Mag. Nov. 311 Still he felt as though it [sc. a face] stole nigh, and breathed around him the presence of the temptress, the traitress, the assassinatress.
1870 ‘Ouida’ Puck III. ii. 39 She, the Faustine, the Assassinatress, the Hell-born.
1899 H. C. Walsh Bonhomme 71 If you like the sound of ‘Madame’ better, let it be ‘Madame the Assassinatress’ then.
2003 E. Hopper Traumatic Experience in Unconscious Life of Groups iii. 88 Traditionally, assassinatresses used poison as their weapon of choice.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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