Pythoness

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Greek Mythology A priestess of Apollo at Delphi.
  • n. A prophetess.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Alternative capitalization of Pythoness
  • n. A female soothsayer
  • n. A female python.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi in Greece.
  • n. Any woman supposed to have a spirit of divination; a sort of witch.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a witch with powers of divination
  • n. (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles
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