usurpress
(juːˈzɜːprɪs)
[f. usurper + -ess1.]
A female usurper.
| 1640 Howell Dodona's Gr. 26 She is a double Vsurpresse, in detaining not only Elaiana from her right, but [etc.]. c 1650 Don Bellianis 210 Faint not, Usurpress of anothers heart, but animate yourself. 1658 Cleveland Rustic Rampant 122 She had seized the Kingdome as an Usurpresse by Tyrannie. 1805 Pennant's London 245 An innocent usurpress [sc. Lady Jane Gray] succeeded to her apartments in 1553. 1873 Dixon Two Queens i. viii. I. 56 The Austrians..detested Isabel as a usurpress. |