pythoness

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Against this doom Genevi�ve Tabouis, ex-political pythoness of Paris' Leftist L'Oeuvre, for seven years waged a one-woman struggle, of which these memoirs are a record.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dora stood in the center of the room like an enraged pythoness, her eyes blazing with passion.

From The Man Between, an International Romance by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

At some time in the past she seems to have been also a pythoness: the spirits of the gods possessed her and spoke through her lips.

From Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation by Hearn, Lafcadio

The vision of the beautiful pythoness had deeply and powerfully affected the soul of Montezuma; and her closing appeal moved him even to tears.

From Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 by Vide, V. V.

Richard sought Bess; he saw much of the pythoness now.

From The President A novel by Lewis, Alfred Henry