comfortress en · NOUN
Etymology
From comforter + -ess.
Meanings
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(rare) A woman who comforts.
To be your comfortress, and to preserve you
1605 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, Ben: Ionson His Volpone or The Foxe, [London]: […] [George Eld] for Thomas Thorppe, published 1607, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet Archive page):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| comfortresses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |