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单词 bankeress
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bankeressn.

Brit. /ˈbaŋkərɛs/, /ˈbaŋk(ə)rᵻs/, /ˌbaŋkəˈrɛs/, U.S. /ˈbæŋk(ə)rəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: banker n.2, -ess suffix1.
Etymology: < banker n.2 + -ess suffix1.Recorded earlier as the proper name of a racehorse:1774 J. Weatherby Racing Cal. 6 179 Mr. J. Browne's br. m. Bankeress, by Banker.
1. A banker's wife. Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [noun] > one conducting banking business > manager, director, or proprietor of bank > female or wife
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1825 Portfolio 29 Oct. 9/1 If we believe reports, the marriage of the bankeress [sc. Mrs. Coutts] will come to nothing at last.
1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxiv. 229 I dined there a couple of months ago; and the bankeress said something about you.
1911 Nation 13 July 36/1 The other members are the aforementioned physician and his wife, a banker and bankeress, [etc.].
2. A female banker. Now rare.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [noun] > one conducting banking business > manager, director, or proprietor of bank > female or wife
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1883 American 5 200 The late Countess of Jersey was only received on sufferance in some houses in Vienna, because she was a bankeress.
2009 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 25 Oct. Why would it be any better to have dozens of female management consultants, bankeresses, social workers and lawyers, clutching briefcases?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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