philosopheress, -phress
(fɪˈlɒsəfərɪs, -frɪs)
[f. prec. + -ess1.]
A female philosopher; also, the wife of a philosopher; = philosophess.
| 1631 Chapman Cæsar & Pompey v. i, She's a Philosophresse, Augure, and can turne Ill to good as well as you. 1797 D. Simpson Plea Relig. (1808) 27 The philosopher dies, and leaves the philosopheress his wife to the protection of a friend. 1851 Robertson in Life & Lett. (1882) II. 31 Thou meditatest, mighty philosopheress! on nitrogen and carbon. |