persecutress
(ˈpɜːsɪkjuːtrɪs)
[f. persecutor + -ess.]
A female persecutor.
| 1647 R. Stapylton Juvenal vi. 105 note, Juno, the patronesse of the chast, and implacable persecutresse of immodest women. 1760 H. Walpole Let. to Sir D. Dalrymple 3 Feb., Resentment against her persecutress. 1889 Cornh. Mag. Mar. 322 The persecutress was relentless. |