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单词 meritress
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meritressn.

Forms: 1600s meritresse.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meriter n., -ess suffix1.
Etymology: < meriter n. + -ess suffix1: see -tress suffix.
Obsolete.
A woman who merits something. (In quot. 1617 figurative.)Apparently an isolated use.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > model of excellence
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1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. i. v. 206 Which is first very insolent,..that faith should be a meritour at Gods hands, or a meritresse, if you will haue it so.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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