creatress
(kriːˈeɪtrɪs)
Also 7 -isse.
[fem. of creator: see -ess.]
A female creator.
| 1590 Spenser F.Q. iii. viii. 10 As her creatresse had in charge to her ordain'd. 1616 T. Tuke Treat. agst. Painting 57 Yet is she her owne creatrisse. 1778 F. Burney Diary & Lett. Sept., The all-devouring flames..in consuming her [Evelina, the novel] would have preserved her creatress! 1855 Singleton Virgil I. 72 Minerva too, Creatress of the olive. 1892 Pall Mall G. 15 Sept. 6/11 And yet, as happens so often in the case of dramatic successes, the palm remains with Mdme. Doche, the creatress of the part. |