Defendress
De`fend´ress
| n. | 1. | A female defender. Defendress of the faith. |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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If gracious Anne was alive, she would make an admirable defendress of the new faith, and build fifty more churches for female proselytes" (Letter 2, March 23, 1749).
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