1611. Bible, Isa. xiv. 4. How hath the oppressour ceased? the golden citie [marg. exactress of gold] ceesed?
1624. B. Jonson, Neptune’s Triumph, Wks. (Rtldg.), 639/2. That were a heavy and hard task, to satisfy expectation, who is so severe an exactress of duties.
1833. J. Kenrick, in Philol. Museum, II. 351. The name … more probably means ‘exactress of justice.’
