"dragoness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɹæɡənɛs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dragoness.wav Forms: dragonesses [plural]
Etymology: From dragon + -ess. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dragon|ess<id:female>}} dragon + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} dragoness (plural dragonesses)
  1. (rare, archaic, chiefly figurative) A female dragon. Tags: archaic, figuratively, rare
    Sense id: en-dragoness-en-noun-yajNf6TA
  2. (fantasy, especially furry fandom) A female dragon. Tags: especially, slang Categories (topical): Fantasy, Furry fandom Synonyms: dragonette
    Sense id: en-dragoness-en-noun-yajNf6TA1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ess (female), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess (female): 37 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 2 98 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 2 98 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 2 98 Topics: fantasy, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dragonness Translations (a female dragon): δράκαινα (drákaina) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), আজদাহাণী (ajdahani) (Bengali), dragona [feminine] (Catalan), dračice [feminine] (Czech), drakino (Esperanto), dracène [feminine] (French), dragonne [feminine] (French), Drachin [feminine] (German), dragonessa [feminine] (Italian), draga [feminine] (Italian), smoczyca [feminine] (Polish), dragoa [feminine] (Portuguese), dragona [feminine] (Spanish), drakhona [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'a female dragon': 50 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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