projectress
/prəˈdʒɛktrɪs/Now rare
noun
A female projector.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Ben Jonson (?1573–1637), poet and playwright. From projector + -ess: see -tress.
- before Christ
- before-going
- beforehand
- before-life
- beforeness
- before one can (or has time to) draw breath
- before one can say Jack Robinson
- before one knows where one is (or before one knows it)
- before (or after) the fact
- before (or in front of or under) one's (very) eyes
- before (or since) the rinderpest
- beforesaid
- before-tax
- before the mast
- before the wind
- before time
- beforetimes
- before you can say knife
- before–after
- be for it
- be for (or all for) the best
- be for the high jump
- befoul
- be fresh out of
- befriend