Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A woman who schemes or intrigues.
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Examples
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[1] It is to be regretted that a word, used in the days of Charles II. and still intelligible in our times, should have become obsolete; _viz_. the feminine for intriguer -- an _intriguess_.
Tales and Novels — Volume 05 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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'and what was worst of all, his family were very ill qualified for that place; his lady being a most violent intriguess in business, and his sons kept no good decorum whilst they practised under him.'
State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) Harry Lushington Stephen 1902
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