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fightress en · NOUN
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of fighteress.
A large black bitch I once had, descended from the Irish wolf-dog breed, which, strange as it may sound, was as arrant bottom as a ‘fightress,’ as any female champion ever appearing at ‘Hockley in the Hole.’
1823, Eques, “Canine Anecdotes”, in The Sporting Magazine or Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf, the Chase and Every Other Diversion Interesting to the Man of Pleasure, Enterprise, & Spirit, volume II, new series, or 61, old series, London: […] J. Pittman, […], page 303:SEE THEM COWER BEFORE OUR MIGHT! DRIVE THEM OUT, FIGHTRESSES! NEVER WILL THEY ENTER OUR VALLEY AGAIN!
1982 March, Timothy Moriarty, “Pentesilea”, in Vampirella, number 103, page 316:Catarina Gloria, the well-known bull fightress, has arrived at San Luis Potosi, from Havana.
1887 June 9, “Mexican News”, in Austin Weekly Statesman, volume XVI, number 29, Austin, Tex., page 2:For the best-dressed crime-fightress in Gotham City... the first annual Batty is hereby presented to Batgirl.
1967 December 14, Stanley Ralph Ross, “Catwoman’s Dressed to Kill”, in Batman, season 3, episode 14:Something of a Fightress. (New York Times.) Although woman has not yet won her fight for equal suffrage, her influence in the politics of a club exclusively for men has lately been demonstrated.
1908 August 15, The Gazette, volume CXXXVII, number 196, Montreal, Que., page 4:
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