robberess

robberess

English

Etymology

robber +‎ -ess

Noun

robberess (plural robberesses)

1. a female robber.
   • 1904, New-Church Messenger, page 235:

     I have been brought up to something better, and, sooner than live in a dirty cave and be nothing but a robberess,

   • 1992, Sabine Hake, Passions and Deceptions: The Early Films of Ernst Lubitsch, Princeton University Press (ISBN 9780691008783), page 110:

     What changes take place, one could for instance ask, when a gullible brat (The Doll) or a wild robberess (The Mountain Cat) take over the narrative, or when the fantastic sets are invaded by the spirit of joyful anarchy?

   • 2019, Bill Peschel, The Best Sherlock Holmes Parodies and Pastiches: 1888-1930: 223B Casebook Series, Peschel Press

     “Out o' luck,” groaned the robberess. All of a sudden she pointed her weapon at me.