Druidess

[droo-i-dis]

noun

(often lowercase)

1. a female member of the Druids.

Gender Note

See -ess.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Druidess¹

First recorded in 1745–55; Druid + -ess

Example Sentences

He finally tore his eyes away from the druidess Cliodna, who was scratching her nose, to open a bag of Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans.

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The chief Druidess, standing by a rude stone altar, received the victim dragged thither by her companions.

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A terrible rite was connected with this; for the Druidess nuns were obliged at this time to pull down and rebuild each year the roof of their temple, as a symbol of the destruction and renovation of the world.

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Between the two supports of the dolmen, stretched on the sacrificial table and clad in a spotless gown that came down to her feet, lay the Druidess.

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Standing against the sacrificial altar, he looked down upon the Druidess.

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