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ˈumpiress
Also 7 ump(e)resse, 8 umpress.
[f. umpire n. + -ess.]
A female umpire.
1602Marston Ant. & Mel. v. Wks. 1856 I. 58 Give mee the golden harpe: faith with your favour, ile be umperesse. 1651Howell Venice 4 She [Venice] hath allwayes bin more inclined to peace than war, and chosen rather to be a Spectatrix or Umpresse, than a Gamestresse. 1715tr. C'tess D'Aunoy's Wks. 18, I became an Umpress among the Wits, and Judge of their Works. 1889Pall Mall G. 4 Mar. 1/2 Umpires, or rather umpiresses, for the women folk of the village had been invited to give judgment. |