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arbitress

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A female arbiter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1594, Samuel Daniel, The Tragedy of Cleopatra, Act III, in Delia and Rosamond augmented by Cleopatra, London: Simon Waterson, O Fearefull frowning NEMESIS, Daughter of IVSTICE, most seuere, That art the worlds great Arbitresse, And Queene of causes raigning heere.

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History

Etymology

From arbiter + -ess.