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Druidess

American  
[droo-i-dis] / ˈdru ɪ dɪs /

noun

(often lowercase)
  1. a female member of the Druids.


Gender

See -ess.

Etymology

Origin of Druidess

First recorded in 1745–55; Druid + -ess

Example Sentences

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For this, Druidess, I made thee her fosterer.

From Imaginations and Reveries by George William Russell

In religion, Miss Thorne was a pure Druidess.

From Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope

And beside, stern as a Druidess, sat his grandmother in her chair, feeding her eyes with grim satisfaction on the detestable sacrifice.

From Robert Falconer by George MacDonald

He lodged at a woman's, who was, they said, a Druidess, and had the prophetic faculty.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 by M. (François) Guizot

Another such "Druidess" is said to have foretold Diocletian's rise.

From Early Britain—Roman Britain by Edward Conybeare

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