单词 | presidentess |
释义 | presidentessn. A female president. Also: the wife of a president. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides > over an institution or society > woman presidentess1782 presidentress1810 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). < n.1782 |
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