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English
Noun
victress (plural victresses)
- Alternative form of victoress
1606, C[aius, i.e., Gaius] Suetonius Tranquillus, “The Historie of Flavius Vespatianus Augustus”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of Twelve Cæsars Emperours of Rome. , London: for Matthew Lownes, →OCLC, section 5, page 243:And at the field fought before Bebriacum, ere the battailes joyned, tvvo Ægles had a conflict and bickered together in all their fights: and vvhen the one of them was foyled and overcome, a third came at the very inſtant from the ſunne riſing and chaſed the Victreſſe avvay.
1902 October 1, The Sydney Sportsman, page 5, column 6:The mill lasted four rounds, when giddy little Ettie was declared the victress.