protomartyress

English

Etymology

From protomartyr +‎ -ess.

Noun

protomartyress (plural protomartyresses)

  1. A female protomartyr.
    • 1892, Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama:
      It even Greek martyrologies the protomartyress, complained to the lord of the field , and but the book called The Acts of Paul and prayed him to cut it down .
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