presidentressn.

Brit.

/ˈprɛzᵻd(ə)ntrᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈprɛz(ə)dntrəs/,

/ˈprɛzəˌdɛntrəs/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: president n., -tress suffix.

Etymology: < president n. + -tress suffix. Compare later presidentess n.

rare.

= presidentess n.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious superior > conventual head > [noun] > female

presidentress1650

Reverend Mother1658

superioress1669

provostess1871

Mother Superior1907

Mother Vicaress1930

Mother Prioress1961

Sister Superior1991

society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides > over an institution or society > woman

presidentess1782

presidentress1810

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 340 Huldah's colledge... Perchance a female foundation of women alone, and she the Presidentress thereof.

1810 Splendid Follies I. 181 Flouncing on the duchess presidentress's sofa.

1891 Middletown (N.Y.) Daily Press 17 Mar. The Pittsburg Press alludes to ‘the presidentress of the board of lady managers of the world's fair’.

1913 E. C. Brooks Let. 30 Sept. in W. B. Gatewood E. C. Brooks (1960) iii. 73 A college presidentress from Chile goes by with glasses and a queer shaped hat.

1993 Times 4 Jan. 12/1 Julia Tyler preferred to be called ‘Lady Presidentress’ or ‘Mrs President Tyler’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	presidentress
释义	presidentressn. Brit. /ˈprɛzᵻd(ə)ntrᵻs/, U.S. /ˈprɛz(ə)dntrəs/, /ˈprɛzəˌdɛntrəs/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: president n., -tress suffix. Etymology: < president n. + -tress suffix. Compare later presidentess n. rare. = presidentess n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious superior > conventual head > [noun] > female presidentress1650 Reverend Mother1658 superioress1669 provostess1871 Mother Superior1907 Mother Vicaress1930 Mother Prioress1961 Sister Superior1991 society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides > over an institution or society > woman presidentess1782 presidentress1810 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 340 Huldah's colledge... Perchance a female foundation of women alone, and she the Presidentress thereof. 1810 Splendid Follies I. 181 Flouncing on the duchess presidentress's sofa. 1891 Middletown (N.Y.) Daily Press 17 Mar. The Pittsburg Press alludes to ‘the presidentress of the board of lady managers of the world's fair’. 1913 E. C. Brooks Let. 30 Sept. in W. B. Gatewood E. C. Brooks (1960) iii. 73 A college presidentress from Chile goes by with glasses and a queer shaped hat. 1993 Times 4 Jan. 12/1 Julia Tyler preferred to be called ‘Lady Presidentress’ or ‘Mrs President Tyler’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1650
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