Britoness
/brɪtəˈnɛs/ /ˈbrɪtənɪs/literary. rare
noun
A British woman.
- In earlier use chiefly with reference to British and subsequently also to British..
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Edmund Spenser (?1552–1599), poet and administrator in Ireland. From Briton + -ess.
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