单词 | prime ministress |
释义 | > as lemmasPrime Ministress 2. Frequently humorous. The wife of a government minister or diplomat. Also: a female government minister. Frequently in Prime Ministress. ΚΠ 1766 T. Gray Let. 5 Mar. in Wks. (1816) II. 472 Mad. de la Perriere is come over from the Hague to be Ministress at London. 1839 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 809/2 The Cabinet Ministress has to endure, by ricochet, all the ill-humours of the throne. 1840 F. Trollope Michael Armstrong I. iii. 67 ‘And so I will, Mr. Jennings, you may depend upon it,’ replied the incensed prime ministress, somewhat softened. 1876 A. Trollope Prime Minister II. viii. 132 She had made herself a Prime Ministress by the manner in which she opened her saloons, her banqueting halls, and her gardens. 1884 H. James Let. 19 Jan. (1980) III. 20 Mrs L [sc. Mrs Lowell, wife of James Russell Lowell, U.S. Minister to the Court of St James's] is now a very good ministress. 1925 Sunday at Home Feb. 261/2 The furniture..belongs to the Crown..but each Prime Minister and Ministress brings his and her knicknacks, pictures, even furniture covers, so that the house has a new appearance with each new tenant. 1993 This Mag. (Toronto) June 40/1 I will make them pay, she determines. But could even the Prime Ministress do this? < as lemmas |
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