| 释义 |
speakeress|ˈspiːkərɪs|
[f. prec. + -ess.]
A female speaker; a woman acting as a president or Speaker.
1781Westm. Mag. IX. 16 Here the ‘Speakeress’ was again obliged to call ‘to order’. 1831Lincoln Herald 14 Oct. 3/6 The dowager Duchess of Richmond is the Speakeress, and Lady Jersey first clerk at the table. 1831Carlyle in Froude Life (1882) II. 177, I sate directly behind a speakeress with tongues. 1897Westm. Gaz. 4 Feb. 2/1 With men and women on the Treasury Bench, and, perhaps, a Speakeress in the chair. |