astronomeress
astronomeress noun: a female astronomer.
Noun
astronomeress (plural astronomeresses)
- A female astronomer.
- Positively, these Frenchwomen are wonderful creatures!—There are plenty of clever Englishwomen,—but they are to the manner born. The discreet damsels who write about Political Economy have been swaddled in foolscap and dieted from their youth upwards on printer’s ink; while the astronomeress of...1842, Catherine Gore, Cecil, a Peer, a Sequel to Cecil, or the Adventures of a Coxcomb, volume I, Philadelphia: Barrington and Haswell, page 63
- He proposed that all renowned women should be admitted to the franchise:—“Why should not Miss Caroline Herschell^([sic]) and Mrs. Somerville, the astronomeresses; the late Mrs Hannah More, Mrs. Fry, and Mrs. Barbauld; Lady Lovelace, the mathematicianess; Mr. Bloomer, Betty Martineau, and hundreds...1852 March, The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian
- Synonyms:
- astronomess
Examples of astronomeress in a sentence
- Somerville, the astronomeresses; the late Mrs Hannah More, Mrs.1852 March, The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian:
- London, November 7, 1857. / Dear E., / […] In the evening, Miss Mitchell, our astronomeress was there, and we had a good chat about mutual friends, &c.1857, Edwin Martin Stone, The Architect and Monetarian: A Brief Memoir of Thomas Alexander Tefft, Including His Labors in Europe to...
- There is Miss Harper, who as a chemistress is unequaled, and Miss Knowles has already a reputation as an astronomeress.1873, Wickersham, J. P., editor, The Pennsylvania School Journal, volume XXII, page 145, column 1:
- I wish you were coming up here, as your sister astronomeress, Mrs.1893, Millicent Todd Bingham, Ancestors’ Brocades: The Literary Debut of Emily Dickinson, Harper & Brothers Publishers, published 1945...
Synonyms of astronomeress
Forms of astronomeress
| plural | astronomeresses |
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Origin of astronomeress
From astronomer + -ess.
Questions about astronomeress
- What does astronomeress mean?
- Astronomeress means a female astronomer.
- How do you use astronomeress in a sentence?
- Somerville, the astronomeresses; the late Mrs Hannah More, Mrs.
- What part of speech is astronomeress?
- Astronomeress is a noun.
- What is the plural of astronomeress?
- The plural of astronomeress is astronomeresses.
Words near astronomeress in the dictionary
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