Pythoness

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  • noun. A priestess of Apollo at Delphi.
  • noun. A prophetess.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The Pythia or especial priestess of Apollo at his temple at Delphi, who was supposed to be inspired to give his oracular answers; hence, any woman supposed to have a spirit of divination; a witch.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi in Greece.
  • noun. Any woman supposed to have a spirit of divination; a sort of witch.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Alternative capitalization of Pythoness
  • noun. A female soothsayer
  • noun. A female python.
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  • noun. a witch with powers of divination
  • noun. (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles
  • Word Usage
    "She was known as the Kansas pythoness in those days before women's suffrage made such references to a woman's sex politically incorrect."
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