exploratressn.

Brit.

/ᵻkˈsplɒrətrᵻs/,

/ɛkˈsplɒrətrᵻs/, U.S.

/ᵻkˈsplɔrətrəs/,

/ɛkˈsplɔrətrəs/

Forms: 1600s exploratresse, 1900s– exploratress.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: explorator n., -ess suffix¹.

Etymology: < explorator n. + -ess suffix¹ (see -tress suffix), in recent use perhaps after French exploratrice (1887 or earlier). Compare post-classical Latin exploratrix (female) investigator (5th cent.).

rare.

A female explorer.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > explorer or discoverer > female

exploratress?1624

?1624 G. Chapman tr. Hymn to Apollo in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 24 All Heauens most supreame, and worthie Goddesses. Dione, Rhæa; and th'Exploratresse (Themis) [Gk. Ἰχναίη τε Θέμις].

1925 Amer. Cookery Oct. 180/1 A friend exploratress had given me the address of such a one that she had found to be ‘a dream, my dear’; price fantastically cheap; owner will rent only to those well recommended; been in the family since Venice was built, etc.

1992 M. L. Pratt Imperial Eyes iii. ix. 224 His colonial exploratress returns from the interior not in triumph like the Nile heroes, but in hopelessness and loss.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	exploratress
释义	exploratressn. Brit. /ᵻkˈsplɒrətrᵻs/, /ɛkˈsplɒrətrᵻs/, U.S. /ᵻkˈsplɔrətrəs/, /ɛkˈsplɔrətrəs/ Forms: 1600s exploratresse, 1900s– exploratress. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: explorator n., -ess suffix¹. Etymology: < explorator n. + -ess suffix¹ (see -tress suffix), in recent use perhaps after French exploratrice (1887 or earlier). Compare post-classical Latin exploratrix (female) investigator (5th cent.). rare. A female explorer. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > explorer or discoverer > female exploratress?1624 ?1624 G. Chapman tr. Hymn to Apollo in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 24 All Heauens most supreame, and worthie Goddesses. Dione, Rhæa; and th'Exploratresse (Themis) [Gk. Ἰχναίη τε Θέμις]. 1925 Amer. Cookery Oct. 180/1 A friend exploratress had given me the address of such a one that she had found to be ‘a dream, my dear’; price fantastically cheap; owner will rent only to those well recommended; been in the family since Venice was built, etc. 1992 M. L. Pratt Imperial Eyes iii. ix. 224 His colonial exploratress returns from the interior not in triumph like the Nile heroes, but in hopelessness and loss. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1624
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