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单词 presidentess
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presidentessn.

Brit. /ˈprɛzᵻd(ə)ntᵻs/, /ˌprɛzᵻd(ə)nˈtɛs/, U.S. /ˈprɛz(ə)dnˌtɛs/, /ˈprɛzəˌdɛnˌtɛs/, /ˈprɛzəd(ə)ntəs/
Forms: also with capital initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: president n., -ess suffix1.
Etymology: < president n. + -ess suffix1. Compare Italian presidentessa female president (1705), wife of a president (1829). Compare earlier presidentress n.
A female president. Also: the wife of a president.
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society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides > over an institution or society > woman
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1782 Eng. Chron. 8–10 Jan. 3/3 Beau Monde Intelligence,..Arranged by the Ton Committees..Lady Ar—— Presidentess.
1786 F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) III. 171 I became, by that means, the presidentess of the dinner and tea table.
1796 J. Adams in P. Smith John Adams (1962) II. 878 The President [sc. George Washington] and Presidentess..send their regards to you.
1844 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 55 294 La Gitana became all but presidentess of the Transatlantic republic.
1891 Daily News 23 June 5/4 Cards are out in Madame Carnot's name for a ‘Matinée dansante’..the Presidentess alone issues them.
1941 Nevada State Jrnl. 2 May 4/6 She even pre-visions a time when we'll have a woman president, or presidentess.
1994 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 1 Dec. 20/3 The Bundestag presidentess (Präsidentin).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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