survivoress

English

Alternative forms

• survivress

Noun

survivoress (plural survivoresses)

1. A woman or girl who survives.
   • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CXCVII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson;  […], →OCLC:

     But this I will undertake, that if you are the survivress, you shall be at the least ten thousand pounds the better for me.