Definition of Portresses

1. Noun. (plural of portress) ¹

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Definition of Portresses

1. portress [n] - See also: portress

Lexicographical Neighbors of Portresses

portraits
portraiture
portraitures
portray
portrayable
portrayal
portrayals
portrayed
portrayer
portrayers
portraying
portrays
portreeve
portreeves
portress
portresses
ports
portsale
portsales
portscan
portscanned
portscanner
portscanners
portscanning
portscans
portside
portsider
portsiders
portsides
portuary

Literary usage of Portresses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1831)
"They were not only portresses of heaven, but goddesses of the seasons : the idea ... It is obvious that these have nothing in common with the portresses of ..."

2. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1851)
"They were not only portresses of heaven, hut goddesses of die seasons: the idea uf the Horse was therefore changed, but not so much so that the latter ..."

3. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1887)
"Three of them were portresses, and the fourth was a rag-picker with her basket on her back. All four of them seemed to be standing at the four corners of ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1831)
"HOURS ; with Homer, goddesses of the air and the winds, the portresses of heaven. ... They were not only portresses of heaven, but goddesses of the seasons: ..."

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