† searcheressn.

Forms: see searcher n. and -ess suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: searcher n., -ess suffix¹.

Etymology: < searcher n. + -ess suffix¹.Compare Anglo-Norman cercheresse nun entrusted with the visitation of a religious community (13th cent.).

Obsolete.

A woman (or a thing characterized as female) that searches for, inquires into, or discovers something. Also with out (cf. searcher-out n. at searcher n. Compounds).Apparently only an occasional formation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > searcher or seeker > female

searcheressc1430

c1430 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1882) v. l. 1520 Þow [sc. Cassandra] seyst not soþ..þou sercheresse [a1413 Pierpont Morgan sorceresse] Wyþ al þyn false gost of professye Þow wenyst to be a gret deuyneresse.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 82 Of theese drirye dolours eeke thow Queene Iuno the searchresse [L. curarum conscia Iuno].

1634 R. Codrington tr. P. Du Moulin Treat. Knowl. God 28 To discourse and frame a Sillogisme is a perfection indued by God into the mind of Man, a searcheresse out of Truth.

1918 Sun (Kalgoorlie, W. Austral.) 12 May 8/3 She submitted to the searcheress quietly, and was passed out of a door in the saloon in which the search took place.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020).

单词	searcheress
释义	† searcheressn. Forms: see searcher n. and -ess suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: searcher n., -ess suffix¹. Etymology: < searcher n. + -ess suffix¹.Compare Anglo-Norman cercheresse nun entrusted with the visitation of a religious community (13th cent.). Obsolete. A woman (or a thing characterized as female) that searches for, inquires into, or discovers something. Also with out (cf. searcher-out n. at searcher n. Compounds).Apparently only an occasional formation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > searcher or seeker > female searcheressc1430 c1430 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1882) v. l. 1520 Þow [sc. Cassandra] seyst not soþ..þou sercheresse [a1413 Pierpont Morgan sorceresse] Wyþ al þyn false gost of professye Þow wenyst to be a gret deuyneresse. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 82 Of theese drirye dolours eeke thow Queene Iuno the searchresse [L. curarum conscia Iuno]. 1634 R. Codrington tr. P. Du Moulin Treat. Knowl. God 28 To discourse and frame a Sillogisme is a perfection indued by God into the mind of Man, a searcheresse out of Truth. 1918 Sun (Kalgoorlie, W. Austral.) 12 May 8/3 She submitted to the searcheress quietly, and was passed out of a door in the saloon in which the search took place. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020). < n.c1430
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