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Definition of Demoness
1. n. A female demon.
Definition of Demoness
1. Noun. A female demon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Demoness
1. a female demon [n -ES] - See also: demon
Medical Definition of Demoness
1. A female demon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demoness
Literary usage of Demoness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Prema-Sâgara: Or, Ocean of Love by Frederick Pincott, Kavi Lal, kavi Lallū Lāla, Chaturbhuja Miṣra, Edward Backhouse Eastwick, Caturbhujamiśra (1897)
"... a demoness, to destroy Krishna—But the latter sucks out her life—She lalls
dead—The ... demoness ..."
2. Tamil Proverbs with Their English Translation: Containing Upwards of Six by P. Percival (1874)
"As a demoness that came for shelter became the demoness of the villlage. It is
said that whilst a peerless nobleman was lying hungry anJ exhausted, ..."
3. In Southern India: A Visit to Some of the Chief Mission Stations in the by Maria Hay Flyter Mitchell, John Murray Mitchell (1885)
"There were some now making offerings of chickens, and bowing in obeisance to this
hideous object, who is called the goddess, or demoness, ..."
4. The Oriental Herald and Journal of General Literature by James Silk Buckingham (1828)
"With less reason, certainly, than the last-quoted writer, a commentator of great
authority thus speaks of the demoness; observe she is still considered to ..."
5. Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway (1879)
"Sometimes it is a black fly with red ring around its neck. This demoness is
believed to suffer more pain than it inflicts, and vainly endeavours to destroy ..."
6. The Mysteries of the Court of London by George William MacArthur Reynolds (1864)
"It removed from the world an individual who could tell disagreeable truths
concerning herself—and it fastened upon yon a crime which, the demoness hoped, ..."
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