[From conjureress, conjurress, f. CONJURER: see -ESS.] A female conjurer, a sorceress.
1583. Stanyhurst, Æneis, IV. (Arb.), 112. Theese rit’s thee Cooniures asketh.
1613. Heywood, Brazen Age, II. Wks. 1874, III. 217. Medea … in the strange habite of a Coniuresse.
1809. Chron., in Ann. Reg., 324/2. A female fortune teller … This conjuress however denied the charge.
