directressn.
/dᵻˈrɛktrᵻs/, /dʌɪˈrɛktrᵻs/, U.S. /dəˈrɛktrəs/, /daɪˈrɛktrəs/ A female who directs; †a governess. Also figurative.
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society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > director > female
directress?1617
directrix1622
directrice1631
society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > professional teacher > governess
mistressc1330
schoolmistress1335
governoressc1422
tutrice1490
tutrix1515
gouvernante1579
tutress1599
tutoress1614
directrice1631
duenna1641
under-governess1669
governess1673
conductress1760
Mam'sellec1794
directress1801
nursery governess1814
mademoiselle1861
finishing governess1862
fräulein1883
govy1899
miss1924
?1617 W. Alexander Suppl. Sidney's Arcadia iii. sig. *1 Directresse of my destiny.
1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 236 We stile him happy too, that..life for his directresse takes.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 64 You shall be the Directress of your own Pleasures, and your own Time.
1749 S. Johnson Irene iii. i. 32 Reason! the hoary Dotard's dull Directress.
1801 C. Smith Lett. Solitary Wanderer I. 240 Her cunning directress had foreseen that I should endeavour to obtain that proof of her regard.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs vi. 25 She..is a directress of many meritorious charitable institutions.
1884 Law Times 4 Oct. 369/1 The mother..obtained a conditional order for a habeas corpus addressed to the directress of the home.
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