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Definitions: Enchantress |
EnchantressNoun1. A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive. 2. A female sorcerer or magician. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "enchantress" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Enchantress \En*chant"ress\, noun. [Compare to the French expression enchanteresse.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: EnchantressSynonyms: femme fatale (n), siren (n), temptress (n), witch (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Enchantress |
| English words defined with "enchantress": Charmeress, Circean ♦ Hag. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "enchantress": Ada Lovelace ♦ Caleb ♦ Phædria ♦ Urganda la Desconecida. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | But when he dismissed her again the old woman's ugliness melted away to reveal a beautiful enchantress. The prince tried to apologize but it was too late, for she had seen that there was no kindness in his heart. (Beauty and the Beast; writing credit: Roger Allers; Kelly Asbury) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Enchantress (1924) Enchantress (1985) The Enchantress (1983) | |
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 | Line engraving, based on a sketch by Mr. Donovan, published in "Harper's Weekly", 1861. The civilian schooner Enchantress was captured by the Confederate privateer Jefferson Davis on 6 July 1861. She was retaken by USS Albatross off Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, on 20 July 1861.Credit: NAVY. | | Line engraving, based on a sketch by Mr. Donovan, published in "Harper's Weekly", 1861. The civilian schooner Enchantress was captured by the Confederate privateer Jefferson Davis on 6 July 1861. She was retaken by USS Albatross off Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, on 20 July 1861.Credit: NAVY. |
 | First prize, Enchantress, daybreak pink, American Carnation Society Exhibition, Detroit, Mich.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Enchantress" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "Enchantress" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 85.71% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 14.29% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
enchantress homer | 63 |
enchantress | 59 |
enchantress hosiery | 10 |
amora enchantress | 5 |
enchantress hose pantie | 3 |
enchantress thor | 3 |
enchantress sapphire | 3 |
doll enchantress | 3 |
enchantress hypnotic | 2 |
enchantress soforia | 2 |
enchantress from the star | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "enchantress"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | magjistare (hex, sorceress, witch), grua joshëse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الساحرة (sorceress, wise woman, witch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | чаровница (witch), чародейка (charmer, Circe, witch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kouzelnice (sorceress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | enchanteresse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zauberin (fairy, magician, sorceress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γόησσα (charmer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | varázslónő, igéző nő. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | maga (sorceress, witch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 妖婦 , 妖女 (vamp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ようふ (adoptive father, foster father), ようじょ (adopted daughter, foster daughter, little girl, vamp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ben drultagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enchantressay arrebatamento (clutch, ecstasy, enthusiasm, frequency, grab, gush, hastiness, impetuous, inebriety, overjoy, rapture, rashness, ravishment, trance, transport). (various references) vrãjitoare (hag, hell-cat, lamia, magic, witch), femeie fermecãtoare (glamour girl). (various references) чаровница, чародейка (charmer, sorceress). (various references) vila (fairy, peri, villa). (various references) hechicera (Beldam, caldron, sorceress). (various references) trollpacka (sorceress, witch), trollkvinna (sorceress, witch), tjuserska, förtrollerska (witch). (various references) büyüleyici kadın (dazzler, siren), büyücü kadın (Sibyl, sorceress, wise woman, witch). (various references) чарівниця (charmer, fairy, sorceress), чаклунка (Beldam, lamia, witch). (various references) người đ n b l m cho vui thích, người đ n b bỏ bùa mê, người đ n b đẹp say đắm, b phù thuỷ người đ n b l m cho say mê. (various references) hudoles (sorceress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "enchantress": enchantresses. (additional references) | |
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"Enchantress" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: enchanteress. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "enchantress" (pronounced 'En*chant"ress'): Chantress, Commandress, Conductress, Contendress, Correctress, Corruptress, Defendress, Demandress, Detractress, Directress, Dowress, Electress, Exactress, foundress, huntress, Inspectress, instructress, Intrudress, Inventress, Jointress, Neatress, Offendress, Suggestress, Suitress, Supportress, Tauntress, temptress, Tormentress, Translatress, Waitress. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-h-n-n-r-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: chasteners, enchanters. | |
-2 letters: chastener, enchanter, enchasers, enhancers, entrances, hasteners, reascents, renascent, sarcenets, snatchers, stanchers. | |
-3 letters: antheses, archness, assenter, canteens, casernes, cateress, centares, centners, cerastes, chanters, chastens, cheaters, earnests, encashes, enchants, enchaser, enchases, enhancer, enhances, ensnares, entrance, entrench, escheats, hastener, heartens, hectares, nearness, neatness, reascent, recheats, reenacts, rennases, sarcenet, sarsenet, scanners, searches, snatcher, snatches, stancher, stanches, starches, stenches, teachers, tranches, trenches. | |
-4 letters: achenes, actress, aethers, ancress, anthers, ascents, canners, canteen, canters, careens, carnets, caserne, caserns, casters, censers, centare, centers, centner, centres, cerates, cetanes, chanter, chasers, chasten, chaster, cheater, crashes, creases, creates, crenate, cresset, earnest, earthen, eastern, easters, ecartes, ectases, encases, enchant, enchase, enhance, ensnare, entases, eschars, escheat, etchers, ethanes, harness, hastens, hearses, hearten, heaters, hectare, nascent, nearest, neatens, nectars, nesters, rachets, ranches, rashest, ratches, reaches, recanes, recants, recasts, recheat, reenact, reheats, renests, rennase, rennets, reseats, resects, resents, retches, reteach, sachets, sateens, scanner, scanter, scathes, screens, seances, searest, seaters, secants, secerns, secrets, senates, senecas, sennets, sensate, snathes, stances, tanners, tanrecs, teacher, teaches, teasers, tenaces, tenches, tenners, tenrecs, tessera, thenars, trances, tranche, trashes. | |
-5 letters: achene, aether, anenst, anther, antres, arches, aretes, ascent, assent, assert, astern, asters, caners, canner, canter, careen, caress, carets, carnet, carses, cartes, casern, cashes, caster, castes, caters, ceases, censer, censes, centas, center, centra, centre, cerate, certes, cestas, cetane, chants, chares, charts, chaser, chases, chasse, chaste, cheats, cheers, cherts, chests, cranes, crases, crates, crease, create, creesh, crests, earths, easter, eaters, ecarte, enacts, enates, encase, encash, entera, enters, erases, erects, escars, eschar, esters, etcher, etches, ethane, ethers, haeres, hances, hanses, hasten, hastes, haters, hearse, hearts, heater, hennas, hereat, naches, nacres, nances, neaten, neater, nectar, nester, nether, rachet, rances, ranees, rashes, reacts, recane, recant, recast, recent, recess, reests, reheat, renest, rennet, rentes, reseat, resect, resent, resets, reshes, sachet, sanest, sarees, sarsen, sateen, scants, scares, scarts, scathe, scenas, scenes, scents, screen, screes, seance, search, seater, secant, secern, secret, senate, seneca, sennas, sennet, seracs, serest, shares, sharns, shears, sheens, sheers, sheets, snares, snatch, snathe, snaths, sneers, sneesh, stance, stanch, stanes, starch, stares, steers, stench, steres, sterna, sterns, taches, tanner, tanrec, teaser, teases, tenace, tenner, tenrec, tenser, tenses, terces, ternes, thanes, thecae, thenar, thence, theres, theses, threes, traces, trance, treens, trench. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-h-n-n-r-s-s-t" | |
+2 letters: disenchanters, enchantresses, neurasthenics. | |
+4 letters: disinheritances. | |
+5 letters: disfranchisement, enfranchisements, uncharitableness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6E 63 68 61 6E 74 72 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -. -.-. .... .- -. - .-. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101110 01100011 01101000 01100001 01101110 01110100 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E n c h a n t r e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006E 0063 0068 0061 006E 0074 0072 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3980697467808684718585 |
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