dictatress
dictatress noun: a female dictator; a dictatorial state personified as female.
Noun
dictatress (plural dictatresses)
- A female dictator; a dictatorial state personified as female.
- […] two things he promised her, and performed for her, which were tokens of a mercilesse heart, the balefull death of his son, and the chaunge of the state, in such sort that Aurelia Orestilla should be the Dictatresse of Rome.1601, William Fulbecke, An Historicall Collection of the Continuall Factions, Tumults, and Massacres of the Romans and Italians, London: William Ponsonby, Book 1, Page 86
- What Athens was in science, Rome in power, / What Tyre appeared in her meridian hour, / ’Tis thine at once, fair Albion, to have been, / Earth’s chief dictatress, ocean’s mighty queen:1809, Lord Byron, English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers, London: James Cawthorn, page 54
- Synonyms:
- dictatrix
Synonyms of dictatress
Forms of dictatress
| plural | dictatresses |
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Origin of dictatress
From dictator + -ess.
Questions about dictatress
- What does dictatress mean?
- Dictatress means a female dictator; a dictatorial state personified as female.
- What part of speech is dictatress?
- Dictatress is a noun.
- What is the plural of dictatress?
- The plural of dictatress is dictatresses.
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