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electoress

electoress is the alternative form of electress.

Meaning of electress

Noun

electress (plural electresses)

  1. (dated, rare) A woman who can vote in an election.
    • I often wish I were, not a butterfly nor a bird—nothing so ridiculous—but an Electress!1868 May 23, Punch, page 228
  2. (historical) The wife of a German elector, often used as a title.
    • Nothing could equal the astonishment of both, on hearing the door open without their command, and seeing the electress enter, who was the person in the world they least expected, and to the duchess, perhaps, the least welcome.1773, The Literary Register: Or, Weekly Miscellany, volume 5, page 177

Forms of electoress

pluralelectoresses

Origin of electoress

From elector + -ess.

Questions about electoress

What is electoress the alternative form of?
Electoress is the alternative form of electress.

Words near electoress in the dictionary

  1. electoralists
  2. electorally
  3. electorate
  4. Electorate of the Palatinate
  5. electorates
  6. electoress
  7. electoresses
  8. electorial
  9. electorially
  10. electors
  11. electorship

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