creatress en · NOUN
Etymology
From creator + -ess.
Meanings
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A female creator.
Him long she so with shadowes entertained, / As her Creatresse had in charge to her ordained.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| creatresses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |