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单词 revengeress
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revengeressn.

Brit. /rᵻˌvɛn(d)ʒəˈrɛs/, /rᵻˈvɛn(d)ʒərᵻs/, U.S. /rəˈvɛndʒ(ə)rəs/, /riˈvɛndʒ(ə)rəs/
Forms: see revenger n. and -ess suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: revenger n., -ess suffix1.
Etymology: < revenger n. + -ess suffix1.
rare after 17th cent.
A female revenger.
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society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > [noun] > one who inflicts > female
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > avenger of injured or injury > female
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1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 162 Whiche if it be..the reuengeresse of wicked men, it is a good discipline.
1636 E. Dacres tr. N. Machiavel Disc. Livy I. 120 Athens,..remembring the wrong she had receiv'd, and the slavery she had indur'd, became a sharpe revengeresse.
1653 J. Howell German Diet sig. Ll Her subjects lov'd her as their most indulgent Mother, her foes fear'd her as a just Revengresse.
1987 L. Bliss Francis Beaumont iv. 61 A scorned-woman and revengeress.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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