A female favorer; a woman who shows favor, support, or preference (archaic usage).
From favorer plus the feminine suffix -ess, following the pattern of words like actress, mistress, and baroness. Rarely used in modern English.
The -ess suffix shows how English once had different words for men and women doing the same job—now we mostly just say 'favorer' for everyone, which is simpler!
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