A female ruler, superior or head: = ‘lady’, as feminine of lord (‘our most gracious Sovereign Lady, Queen Victoria’); the superior of a nunnery, an…
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| 释义 | society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > female (17) dame?c1225 A female ruler, superior or head: = ‘lady’, as feminine of lord (‘our most gracious Sovereign Lady, Queen Victoria’); the superior of a nunnery, an… governoressc1430 A woman who has authority or influence; (in later use) spec. a female governor (governor, n. 6a). Often figurative and in extended use (cf. later gov… ruleressc1450 A female ruler. governess1483 A woman who holds or exercises authority over a place, institution, or group of people; a female ruler, director, or manager. Also in extended… gubernatrice1522 A female ruler or governor. Cf. governatrice, n. moderatrice1531 = moderatress, n. governatrice1532 A female ruler or governor; = governess, n. 1b. gubernatrix1541 A thing (personified as female) which exercises a ruling or presiding influence over something; (also) a female ruler or governor. rare after 17th… dominatrix1561 A female dominator; mistress, lady. governantec1570 A female ruler; esp. a woman who exercises delegated authority, a female regent. Obsolete. moderatrix1577 = moderatress, n. rectrix1588 A female ruler, governor, or head of an institution; = rectress, n. 1. Cf. Queen-Rectrix n. at queen, n. compounds 2. rectress1599 A female ruler, governor, or head of an institution (esp. a convent or school). Also figurative in early use. Cf. rectrix, n. 2. moderatress1601 A female moderator. (Chiefly in 17th cent.) Subcategories:— thing personified as (3) |
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