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dwarfess - What does it mean?

Definition of 'dwarfess'

English

Noun

(dwarfesses)
  • (fantasy) A she-dwarf, a female dwarf.
  • * 1839 , Leopold J. Bernays (translator), : Translated from the German, Partly in the Metres of the Original and Partly in Prose, with Other Poems, Original and Translated , ] Sampson Low, [http://books.google.com/books?id=RbsmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA76&dq=dwarfess page 76,
  • Pigmies. […] If a rocky cleft shows itself, the dwarf is once at hand. Dwarf and dwarfess , quick in industry, each pair exemplary.
  • * 1990 , Tanith Lee, “White As Sin, Now”, in Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (editors), The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror , Third Annual Collection, St. Martin's Press, 0-312-04450-X, page 328,
  • Heracty has been told that the flaxen dwarfess once had an adventure in the mock forest below the Palace.
  • * 2004 , Randall Wallace, Love and Honor , Simon and Schuster, ISBN 0-7432-6519-X, page 367,
  • She recognized Zepsha’s extraordinary talent for this role; the dwarfess , far from resenting her position in life, […]. For not lamenting her physical shortcomings, Beatrice admired Zepsha; […]