orcess

English

Etymology

From orc ‎ -ess.

Noun

orcess (plural orcesses)

1. (fantasy, mythology) a female orc
   • 2012, Shadow Blizzard‎^[1], page 175:

     My gaze fell on an orcess. It was the first time I'd seen a woman from the race of the Firstborn. She looked a lot like Miralissa, except that her hair wasn't gathered into a braid, but a long tail. The orcess was armed with two crooked swords

   • 2018, The Phantom Castle: The Way of the Shaman: Book #4 LitRPG series‎^[2], page 64:

     Kalatea was an orc-more precisely an orcish madien. Hmm...Or is it orcess? I don't know what the proper term for her was, but the main gist was evident-she was large and green.

   • 2018, The Shadow of the Rogue: The Rogue's Gambit‎^[3], page 69:

     "And this is my vassal Mahk the Orcess," I gestured towards my imposing pet. She simply grunted. Orcs hated social formalities.

Synonyms

• she-orc

Coordinate terms

• goblette
• trolless

Translations

female orc

• French: orque (fr) f
• Russian: орки́ня (orkínja), орчица (orčica), оркесса (orkessa), орчиха (orčixa), орчанка (orčanka)
• Ukrainian: орки́ня (orkýnja)

Anagrams

• Croses, Crosse, Secors, Sorces, cessor, corses, crosse, scores, scorse