electress
/ɪˈlɛktɹɪs/
electress noun: a woman who can vote in an election.
Noun
electress (plural electresses)
- 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
- Free and independent electresses might object to be set in the forefront of the battle to shield their husbands and brothers from consabulary buckshot.1881 November 12, The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art, page 603
- 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
- The Electress Magdalena Sybilla was a woman of character, virtuous, kind, conventional and managing.1938, CV Wedgwood, The Thirty Years War, page 63
Examples of electress in a sentence
- To be an electress is the greatest honour imaginable; and to be the husband of an electress—why, it doubles a man's income at once.1907, “Women's rights in realms afar”, in The Fortnightly, volume 82, page 419:
- In July 1697 Electress Sophie had given an informal party for Peter which was attended only by her immediate family and the electresses of Brunswick and Hanover.1971, James Cracraft, The Church Reform of Peter the Great, page 31:
Forms of electress
| plural | electresses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | electoress |
| alternative form | electrix |
Origin of electress
From elector + -ess.
Questions about electress
- What does electress mean?
- Electress means a woman who can vote in an election.
- How do you use electress in a sentence?
- To be an electress is the greatest honour imaginable; and to be the husband of an electress—why, it doubles a man's income at once.
- What part of speech is electress?
- Electress is a noun.
- How do you pronounce electress?
- Electress is pronounced /ɪˈlɛktɹɪs/.
- What is the plural of electress?
- The plural of electress is electresses.
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