soldieressとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

soldieress (plural soldieresses)

1. (chiefly dated) A female soldier.
   • 1634 "The Two Noble Kinsmen" by William Shakespeare page 187

     Born to uphold creation in that honour First nature styled it in, shrunk thee into The bound thou wast o'erflowing, at once subduing Thy force and they affection; soldieress, That qually canst poise sternness with pity, Whom now I know hast much more power on him Than ever he had on thee, who ow'st his strength And his love too, who is a servant for The tenor of thy speech, dear glass of ladies: Bid him that we, whom flaming war doth scorch, Under the shadow of his sword may cool us.

   • 1978 "The Comedy of Poland" by Olivier Etchegoyen, page 42

     The soldieress bought a large bowl of strawberries

同意語

• warrioress

参照

• “soldieress”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.