单词 | projectress |
释义 | projectressn. Now rare. A female projector. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > planner > female projectress1631 projectrix1709 1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse sig. N2, in Wks. II Persons of the Play... Lady Taile-bvsh. The Lady Proiectresse. 1639 C. Allen tr. Pope Pius II Hist. Eurialus & Lucretia 52 Lucretia, although her selfe the Projectresse was astonished at the first encounter... Shee stood amazed at her owne workemanshippe, and her invention almost put her out of her wits. 1850 C. Dickens in Househ. Words 30 Mar. 20/1 On the authority of the projectress [of the Loan Society]. 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths II. xvii. 221 ‘It is extremely pretty’ said Vere to the projectress and protectress of it all. 1990 Washington Times (Nexis) 10 Oct. b1 The first thing I would do is fire that wonderful economic projectress of the state of Maryland, rosy scenario. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1631 |
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