Obs. rare. [f. TRANSMUTER + -ESS.] A feminine transmuter.
1660. trans. Paracelsus’ Archidoris, I. v. 76. If therefore this Tincture is a Transmutress of Bodies to a better State, as that of Metals [etc.].
1893. Merwin-Marie Snell, in The Open Court, VII. 3765/1. The world-all, considered in its relation to material, objective existence, is Mother Nature, the creatrix, the preservatrix, the transmutress.
