Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A female who persecutes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A woman who persecutes.
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- noun rare A
female persecutor .
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Examples
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You would place yourself in a fine situation by declaring yourself the persecutrix of Voltaire.
Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry, with minute details of her entire career as favorite of Louis XV. Written by herself Etienne-L��on Lamothe-Langon 1825
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I but too well know the malignant fiend, who pursues the vengeance of others with such savage eagerness, and I am sorry to say, that this peaceful plain will be no refuge from her malice, nor will the humble habits that cloud the dignity of your rank shield the Count from discovery, should he be seen by his persecutrix in her journey through Spain to Salamanca.
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Marie, of the Spaynyardis bloode; [629] a cruell persecutrix of Goddis people, as the actes of hir unhappy regne can sufficiently witnesse. [
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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