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Shootress vs Archeress - What's the difference?

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Archeress is a synonym of shootress.



As nouns the difference between shootress and archeress

is that shootress is a female shooter; a markswoman; an archeress while archeress is a female archer.

shootress

English

Noun

(shootresses)
  • A female shooter; a markswoman; an archeress.
  • *1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), XI, xli:
  • *:Her mighty bow Clorinda often drew, / And many a sharp and deadly arrow shot; // And from her bow no steeled shaft there flew, / But that some blood the cursed engine got, // Blood of some valiant knight or man of fame, / For that proud shootress scorned weaker game.

    • Synonyms

    * archeress * markswoman

    archeress

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A female archer.
  • * 1878 , John Berwick Harwood, Helena, lady Harrogate , page 11:
    • looking very much as they must have looked when Queen Elizabeth deigned to show her skill as an archeress, to the detriment of the dappled deer in the wide park beyond.
  • * 1882 , Catherine Parr Traill, Lost in the Backwoods :
    • Catharine was a tolerable archeress with the long-bow, and the hut was now seldom without game of one kind or other.

    Synonyms

    * markswoman * shootress