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victress

(ˈvɪktrɪs)
n
a female victor
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They include prayer cards of the Santo Bambino of Aracoeli; Mother Thrice Admirable, Queen and Victress of Schoenstatt; Our Lady of Nations; Our Lady of Guadalupe; Santo Nino de Atocha; Dora del Hoyo of Opus Dei; St.
If on this verse of mine Those eyes shall ever shine, Whereto sore-wounded men have looked for life, Think not that for a rhyme, Nor yet to fit the time, I name thy name,--true Victress in this strife!
Cleveland: Victress. Dawsons: Erimus Star, Rrv Audrey.
Victress on the Peaks," "World, Take Good Notice," and "Thick-Sprinkled Bunting." Though Whitman would not characterize Leaves of Grass as "revolving" around "the strange sad war" until 1871, this manuscript offers some of the earliest evidence of his desire to have Leaves of Grass absorb the Civil War even before the poet's first experimentation in 1867.
"I'm very happy for the decision, hoping that this gives our president what he needs for us to go forward," Victress Iwabi, an ANC town councillor, said.
Sadly, another Briton, Nigel Tetley, had believed Crowhurst and unnecessarily hurried his 40ft trimaran, Victress. She capsized while in the lead, with just 1,100 nautical miles to go.
Her first target is the Vodafone Victress Stakes, a Listed event she won at Epsom's Derby meeting three years ago.
Mick Channon saw Golden Silca win a barging match in the listed Vodafone Victress Stakes and then had a verbal blast at the racecourse executive.
Dramatic Shorts: Talker (Lloyd Martell and Rob King, Canada), Tenacity (Chris Eyre, U.S.) Spirit (Francisco Ormachea, Bolivia, International premiere), Todariquiba (Milton Crespo, Venezuela, International premiere), Grandfather Sky (Victress Hitchcock, U.S.) Comadres (Alberto Muenala, Ecuador).
Victress on the Peaks!" claims that "the world," not the "South," "vainly conspired against" liberty (SDT, 23).