Britoness
English
Etymology
From Briton + -ess.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɪtənɛs/
Noun
Britoness (plural Britonesses)
- (literary) A British woman. [from 16th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.12:
- Yet the bold Britonesse was nought ydred, / Though much emmov'd, but stedfast still persevered.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.12: