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Definition of Sorceress

1. Noun. A woman sorcerer.

Definition of Sorceress

1. n. A female sorcerer.

Definition of Sorceress

1. Noun. A witch; a female sorcerer ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sorceress

1. a female sorcerer [n -ES] - See also: sorcerer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sorceress

Literary usage of Sorceress

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Guide to the Best Fiction in English by William Winter, George Saintsbury, Ernest Albert Baker (1913)
"... play of "The Sorceress" was presented at the New Amsterdam Theatre, on October 10, 1904, and Mrs. Campbell assumed the chief part in it. ..."

2. The Wallet of Time: Containing Personal, Biographical, and Critical by William Winter (1913)
"... play of "The Sorceress" was presented at the New Amsterdam Theatre, on October 10, 1904, and Mrs. Campbell assumed the chief part in it. ..."

3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"The golden gleam the sorceress spy'd, As in her deepest cell, At midnight's magic hour she try'dA ..."

4. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... he would have died; with him content Was she to live, that would with her have brent. Translation of Edward Fairfax. DESCRIPTION OF THE Sorceress ARMIDA ..."

5. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"... he would have died; with him content Was she to live, that would with her have brent. Translation of Edward Fairfax. DESCRIPTION OF THE Sorceress ARMIDA ..."

6. The Sháhnáma of Firdausí by Firdawsī (1906)
"When it was night the woman took the drug And gave birth to a brood of Ahrimans— Two children as they had been div-begotten: What should a sorceress and a ..."

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