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Definition of Protectress
1. n. A woman who protects.
Definition of Protectress
1. Noun. A female protector. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Protectress
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Protectress
Literary usage of Protectress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Popes: From the Close of the Middle Ages. Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor (1906)
"At this time, as throughout the whole of the Middle Ages, she showed herself to
be the Patroness of all wholesome intellectual progress, the protectress of ..."
2. The Wandering Jew (and Jewess)by R. D. Manning, Eugene Sue by R. D. Manning, Eugene Sue (2003)
"Promise me to refer the question to the judgment of your excellent maternal
protectress, whom I will see tomorrow. And then, if she consents, ..."
3. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and by John Smith (1830)
"... and the Trojan chief has sunk on his hand and knee to the ground ; the victor
is accompanied by Minerva, his protectress and guide. The walls of Troy, ..."
4. Life on the Plains of the Pacific. Oregon: Its History, Condition and by Gustavus Hines (1852)
"... chiefs — Results of the meeting — Talk to God — Solicitude of our protectress —
Watching — Presents — Departure — Description of the country — Return to ..."
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