orcess

English

Etymology

From orc +‎ -ess. Piecewise doublet of ogress.

Noun

orcess (plural orcesses)

1. (fantasy, mythology) A female orc.
   • 2012, Alexey Pehov, translated by Andrew Bromfield, Shadow Blizzard‎, Simon & Schuster, 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 and the sculptor had caught her as she was spinning around.

   • 2018, Vasily Mahanenko, The Phantom Castle‎, Magic Dome Books, page 64:

     Kalatea was an orc-more precisely an orcish madien^[sic]. 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, Quinn Dallas, The Shadow of the Rogue: The Rogue's Gambit‎, Northern Sky Press, 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