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directress|dɪˈrɛktrɪs| Also 6–7 -esse, 8 directoress. [f. director + -ess.] A female who directs; † a governess. Also fig.
1580Sidney Arcadia (1622) 336 Directresse of my destinie. 1647R. Stapylton Juvenal 236 We stile him happy too, that..life for his directresse takes. 1737Johnson Irene iii. i, Reason! the hoary dotard's dull directress. 1741Richardson Pamela II. 64 You shall be the Directress of your own Pleasures, and your own Time. 1801Miss C. Smith Solitary Wanderer I. 240 Her cunning directress had foreseen that I should endeavour to obtain that proof of her regard. 1848Thackeray Bk. Snobs vi, She..is a directress of many meritorious charitable institutions. 1884Law Times 4 Oct. 369/1 The mother..obtained a conditional order for a habeas corpus addressed to the directress of the home. |