"deliveress" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: deliveresses [plural]
Etymology: From deliver + -ess. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|deliver|ess}} deliver + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} deliveress (plural deliveresses)
  1. (archaic) A female deliverer. Tags: archaic

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          "text": "Approach, encompassing Death—strong Deliveress! / When it is so—when thou hast taken them, I joyously sing the dead, / Lost in the loving, floating ocean of thee, / Laved in the flood of thy bliss, O Death.",
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