Also 5 conquires, 6 -queres, 6–7 -esse. [Corresponds to an OF. conquereresse, fem. of conquerere, -eor: see -ESS.] A female conqueror.
a. 1400–50. Alexander, 5105. I, Candace þe conquires.
1503. Hawe, Examp. Virt., iv. 44. A conqueres so puyssaunt.
1596. Spenser, F. Q., V. vii. 36. The noble conqueresse Herselfe came in.
1651. Biggs, New Disp., 78. After Nature hath return’d Conqueresse.
1858. Masson, Milton, I. 160. His conqueress being some beauty who had been seen by chance.
