commandressn.

/kəˈmɑːndrᵻs/

/kəˈmandrᵻs/

Forms: Chiefly 17th cent.

Etymology: < commander n. + -ess suffix¹.

1. A female commander.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > [noun] > one who has or exercises command > female

commandress1606

1606 No-body & Some-body sig. F3 That I might liue..To haue that sterne commandresse in my power.

1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) iii. ii. v. ii. 437 Shee was the commandresse of his heart.

1650 Don Bellianis 219 Commandress over so many Kings, Princes, Lords and Signories.

1819 L. Hunt Indicator 1 Dec. 63 The King made her commandress of Santos.

a1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) II. 157 My own little heroine was..inventress, commandress, guiding head and soul of everything.

2. figurative (of things personified).

ΚΠ

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. viii. 13 Wisedome..as Queene or soueraigne commandresse ouer other vertues.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxiv. 854/2 Their Nauy the Commandresse of the Seas.

1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 418 Money; the absolute Commandress of Fleets and Armies.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	commandress
释义	commandressn. /kəˈmɑːndrᵻs//kəˈmandrᵻs/ Forms: Chiefly 17th cent. Etymology: < commander n. + -ess suffix¹. 1. A female commander. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > [noun] > one who has or exercises command > female commandress1606 1606 No-body & Some-body sig. F3 That I might liue..To haue that sterne commandresse in my power. 1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) iii. ii. v. ii. 437 Shee was the commandresse of his heart. 1650 Don Bellianis 219 Commandress over so many Kings, Princes, Lords and Signories. 1819 L. Hunt Indicator 1 Dec. 63 The King made her commandress of Santos. a1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) II. 157 My own little heroine was..inventress, commandress, guiding head and soul of everything. 2. figurative (of things personified). ΚΠ 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. viii. 13 Wisedome..as Queene or soueraigne commandresse ouer other vertues. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxiv. 854/2 Their Nauy the Commandresse of the Seas. 1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 418 Money; the absolute Commandress of Fleets and Armies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597
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