dragoness

dragoness

English

Etymology

From dragon +‎ -ess.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɹæɡənɛs/

Noun

dragoness (plural dragonesses)

1. (rare, archaic, chiefly figuratively) A female dragon.
   • 1616, George Chapman, The Whole Works of Homer, "A Hymn to Apollo":

     The King Apollo, with an arrow, freed / From his strong string, destroy’d the Dragoness

Translations

a female dragon

Bengali: আজদাহাণী (azdahaṇī) Catalan: dragona (ca) f Czech: dračice (cs) f Esperanto: drakino French: dracène (fr) f, dragonne (fr) f German: Drachin (de) f Greek: Ancient: δράκαινα f (drákaina) Italian: dragonessa f Polish: smoczyca (pl) f Spanish: dragona (es) f Swedish: drakhona (sv) c

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989