What's the difference between murderess and murdress?
Murderess
Definition:
(n.) A woman who commits murder.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was for her role as a young murderess in Violette Nozière that she won the best actress award at Cannes in 1978, and as a bitter postal office worker in La Cérémonie that she garnered her only Cesar.
(2) From Augustus to Nero, two Caesars were mad, three were mass murderers, two were married to murderesses, or were murdered.
(3) On the basis of clinic records, excerpts from letters, and personal information, the authors supplement Simmel's treatment report of a lust murderess with a historical, documentary text, which is followed by Simmel's paper.
Murdress
Definition:
(n.) A battlement in ancient fortifications with interstices for firing through.