victress

American  

[vik-tris] / ˈvɪk trɪs /

noun

1. a woman who is victorious.

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Gender

See -ess.

Etymology

Origin of victress

First recorded in 1595–1605; vict(o)r + -ess

Example Sentences

Beauty, daughter of the gods, Now thy glorious birth remember: Make me victress in the fight, That the gods may live for ever. 

From The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria A Drama of Early Christian Rome by MacCarthy, Denis Florence

Wherever we went, we found traces of her passage: cemeteries and charnel-houses to bear witness that she was the great victress.

From The Frontier by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

And the tug of music was there, and the tug of those words of the baroness about salvation—the thought of achieving the impossible, reserved only for the woman of supreme charm, for the true victress.

From Beyond by Galsworthy, John