单词 | revoltress |
释义 | † revoltressn. Obsolete. A woman who revolts or has revolted; a female rebel. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > [noun] > one who rebels > female revoltress1657 1657 J. Harington Hist. Polindor & Flostella (ed. 3) iii. 144 Th' own Heart..Revoltress prov'd, For absent, poor Thersames strongly pleading. 1860 W. Whitman Leaves of Grass (new ed.) 394 (title of poem) To a foiled revolter or revoltress. 1875 E. Dowden Shakespere: his Mind & Art vii. 342 The foiled revoltress against the law of sex. 1897 J. Trevor My Quest for God i. 7 Her friend..long rebelled against the restrictions laid upon her in the name of Religion, and was as much of a Revoltress..as such a community could well produce. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1657 |
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