| 单词 | eldress |
| 释义 | eldress in British English (ˈɛldrɪs) noun Christianity a female elder eldress in American English (ˈeldrɪs) noun a laywoman who is a governing officer in certain Protestant churches Word origin [1630–40; elder1 + -ess]This word is first recorded in the period 1630–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: brigade, cachet, concentrate, indulge, platoon-ess is a suffix forming distinctively feminine nouns. Other words that use the affix-ess include: actress, conductress, heiress, proprietress, stewardess |
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