单词 | judgess |
释义 | judgessn. Now rare. A female judge; a woman who judges. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun] > one who judges or decides > female judgess1535 society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > woman judgess1535 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judges iv. 4 At ye same tyme was Iudgesse in Israel the prophetisse Debbora, the wyfe of Lapidoth. 1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica 204 I make you Iudgesse..you needs must say I am the properer man. 1640 Womens Sharpe Revenge 117 Had she bin still our Iudgesse, shee would (no doubt) have Censured. 1776 J. Adams Let. 12 May in Adams Family Corr. (1963) I. 406 You are..now elected into an important Office, that of Judgess of the Tory Ladies. 1854 G. A. Sala in Househ. Words 19 Aug. 3/1 There are peeresses, bishopesses, judgesses, bankeresses, stockbrokeresses, and merchant-princesses. 1889 C. Edwardes Sardinia 304 Eleonora, the judgess. 1911 Lumber World 15 Apr. 9/2 Hunnewell, Kan., has a woman mayoress. A woman tried to be police judgess there also, but fell down. 2010 Sunday Times (Nexis) 14 Nov. 13 Sundays are about jumping off that leaping horse, spending time with the fruit of my loins, catching up on the tribulations of X Factor judgesses, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1535 |
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